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United States Claim Over Strait of Hormuz Draws Strong Rejection From Iran

President Donald Trump has asserted that the strategically important Strait of Hormuz is American territory while demanding that Iran halt its nuclear program, drawing an immediate rejection from Tehran and raising tensions around a critical global energy chokepoint.
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The rise and fall of Hui Ka Yan, China’s richest man
Britain's Public-Service Productivity Remains Below 2019 as £80 Billion Output Gap Fuels WFH Debate
Mandelson Epstein Case in Jeopardy as U.S. Files Stay Out of Reach
Prince Harry and Six Others Ordered to Pay £9.5 Million After High Court Defeat
Ebola Outbreak Raises Concern Over Potential to Surpass Previous Epidemic Record
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Sworn In as Bangladesh's Twenty-Third President
Myanmar Military Airstrike on Buddhist Monastery Kills at Least Fourteen Civilians
Russian Drone and Missile Strikes Kill Fifteen in Ukraine, Including Presidential Hometown
United States Claim Over Strait of Hormuz Draws Strong Rejection From Iran
United States Imposes Fifty Percent Tariffs on Twenty Billion Dollars of Canadian Imports
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