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President Trump said Wednesday he considered the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran to be effectively over after the two sides traded strikes again over access to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.

President Trump said Wednesday he considered the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran to be effectively over after the two sides traded strikes again over access to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.

President Trump on Wednesday warned of more imminent attacks on Iranian targets and weighed reinstating a U.S. naval blockade after the two nations traded strikes over control of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.

President Trump began the second day of the NATO summit on Wednesday by threatening to cut off trade with Spain over its lackluster defense spending and refusal to cooperate on Iran.

At the Karansky Quarry in occupied Donetsk, Chinese machinery has helped revive an industrial site that had been idle for more than a decade.

Funeral processions for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei began Wednesday in the Iraqi city of Najaf with thousands of mourners present.

Iran targeted American military sites in the Gulf on Wednesday after the U.S. launched strikes on several places in Iran and reinstated sanctions on its oil sales. Washington said it was responding to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

Kuwait said Wednesday its air defenses are engaged to intercept incoming fire after the United States launched airstrikes targeting Iran.

A top Iranian official warned the United States after it launched strikes Wednesday that "the era of bullying and extortion is over."

The U.S. military said its latest strikes against Iran are over after it hit more than 80 targets, warning Tehran it would hold it "accountable" over what it called further violations of the interim deal between the two countries.