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Iranian state-affiliated media reported explosions in coastal towns Sunday, just hours after Tehran launched retaliatory strikes against U.S. military installations in Persian Gulf states.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz rejected Iran's explanation that an "errant part" of the regime was responsible for the recent strike on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. hit Iran "very hard" Saturday night after the regime attacked a ship with a drone.

U.S. Central Command said Sunday the Strait of Hormuz is open to all vessels seeking to "lawfully transit" and insisted that Iran does not control the waterway, despite recent strikes on commercial ships.

The United States attacked Iran early Sunday morning over an Iranian strike on a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz that set the container ship ablaze and forced its crew to abandon it. Iran responded with attacks targeting several countries in the Gulf,

The United States, the United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China's expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling.

When Moscow claimed the capture of Kostiantynivka last week, Russian generals presented the battle as settled.

Rep. Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers during his Wednesday trip to the West Bank.

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants with temporary protected status from seven countries, including Haiti and Syria, had their work authorization extended Friday, hours before expiration.

An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and fuel shortages stemming from a U.S. energy blockade.