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;Resize=(620)) The United States said it expected a response from Iran to its latest proposal to end their war, even as American and Iranian ?forces clashed again on Friday.
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The shaky U.S. ceasefire with Iran has been repeatedly undermined this week, even as President Donald Trump insists it remains in effect.
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World shares have mostly retreated and oil prices fell again after climbing as the fragile ceasefire with Iran was strained by missile and drone attacks that prompted U.S. retaliatory strikes on Iranian military facilities.
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;Resize=(620)) Food and water remain a significant concern for many of the thousands of seafarers stranded on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
But the "the biggest fear for everybody is their mental well-being," says the general secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation.
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The tussle put a spotlight on the administration's attempt to replace the United States Agency for International Development with a new, "America First" alternative.
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The Strait of Hormuz remains closed as the oil market hopes the U.S. and Iran will strike a deal that could restore energy shipments.
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When Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen defied warnings from China to meet with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California earlier this month, Beijing's aggressive military response reverberated around the world.
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