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Haifa Kenjo, who fled Israeli airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, holds her 15-day-old daughter Shiman inside the tent she uses as a shelter and where she gave birth to her in Beirut, Sunday, April 12, 2026.
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U.S. Central Command says it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports at 10 a.m. EDT Monday, or 5:30 p.m. in Iran, to be “enforced impartially against vessels of all nations." But it will allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump wants to weaken Iran’s strategic leverage in the war after demanding that it reopen the strait to all global shipping. He told the U.S. Navy to intercept vessels paying tolls to Iran. The two-week ceasefire remains in doubt, and Pakistan, which hosted the talks, says it will seek more dialogue. U.S. officials blame Iran’s nuclear ambitions for the breakdown in talks, while Iran accuses the U.S. of overreach.
U.S. President Donald Trump says the American military has blockaded Iranian ports to try to force Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump's statement Monday was part of his effort to pressure Iran to accept a deal to end the war that has raged for more than six weeks. Iran responded with threats on all ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, taking aim at U.S.-allied countries. That set the stage for an extraordinary showdown that posed serious risks for the global economy and raised the specter that the ceasefire could collapse.
BEIRUT (AP) — All that newborn Shiman knows of the world is a flimsy tent along Beirut’s wat…
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