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WASHINGTON | Xinhua | U.S. forces launched fresh airstrikes against Iran late Wednesday, prompting Iranian retaliation against U.S. military positions in Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. U.S. President Donald Trump said that he believed the current ceasefire with Iran was “over,” declaring he didn’t “want to deal with them anymore,” after …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | As the United States and Iran tread a bumpy road toward a potential deal to end hostilities, both sides have traded fire over the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, turning the strategic waterway into a tinderbox. The recent tensions over the strait have exposed …