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Strait of Hormuz: US fires at oil tanker as new Iran blockade begins
The US military targeted an unladen oil tanker which it said was heading for the key Iranian oil terminal on Kharg island.
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Trump threatens strikes on Iranian bridges, power plants
President Donald Trump has warned that US strikes will escalate and target key infrastructure if Tehran does not make a deal. The US has reimposed a naval blockade and Iran has said the Strait of Hormuz is closed.
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Trump: Strikes on Iran to continue until ‘I say it’s enough’
President Donald Trump said Washington held talks with Iran and urged Tehran to make a deal. He warned that US strikes will escalate and target key infrastructure unless negotiations produce results. DW has more.
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Cuba’s president admits ‘urgent changes’ needed to overcome crisis
The oil blockade imposed by President Donald Trump in January has brought the island’s already moribund economy to the brink of collapse, marked by power cuts sometimes lasting over 30 hours.
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Iran sends loaded oil tankers past US blockade line
Three Iranian tankers loaded with crude oil have passed the US blockade line in the Gulf of Oman, ship-tracking data shows.
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Ship from Colombia carrying aid docks in Cuba to help ease crises
Regular power outages have intensified since US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs in late January on any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba.
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US slaps sanctions on Cuba’s oil and gas company as tensions rise
Cuba is already struggling under a decades-old embargo and a lack of petroleum as the US keeps pushing for a change in its economic and political model.
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‘Children are dying,’ Cuba says as US blockade hampers aid deliveries
The blockade, coupled with expanded US sanctions that punish companies doing business with the Cuban state, has intensified the worst economic and energy crisis on the island in over a generation.
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US fires Hellfire missile at tanker heading towards Iran
The Botswana-flagged M/T Lexie is the sixth ship that the US military has disabled since it started its blockade of Iran on Apr 13.
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US says it fired missile at Iran-bound oil tanker
The US military says the vessel’s engine room was hit after the crew “ignored repeated warnings”.
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