2026-03-15
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Donald Trump called on countries to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz in response to Iran's de facto closure of the waterway.
Mr Trump wrote on social media that he hoped that countries including China,
France and Britain would participate.
Earlier,
Iran warned it would retaliate after Mr Trump wrote that America had obliterated every military target on Karg Island,
the site of Iran's main oil export terminal, but left its oil infrastructure intact.
Meanwhile, Iran fired six missile salvos at Israel on Saturday.
Most appear to have been shot down by interceptors.
A man and a teenage boy were injured in the southern city of Eilat.
and Lebanese authorities accused Israel of killing 12 medics when its missiles hit a clinic in the south of the country.
On a visit to Beirut, Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General, called for a ceasefire.
North Korea fired what appeared to be around 10 missiles into the Sea of Japan,