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Live Updates: No Letup in Strikes on Iran, U.S. Says, as Mideast Crisis Widens

The crisis in the Middle East widened on Wednesday after NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile headed toward Turkey, the U.S. sank an Iranian navy ship in international waters and several European nations deployed military assets to the region. Follow live updates.

U.S. Opens Military Action in Ecuador Against ‘Terrorist Organizations’

The U.S. and Ecuador have launched joint military operations against “designated terrorist organizations,” the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in what appeared to be an expansion of the U.S. military’s strikes against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific.

With Fuel Running Out, Cuba’s Tourism Is Collapsing

The Trump administration’s decision to cut off foreign oil to Cuba is devastating its tourism industry, a key source of income for a government being pushed to the edge.

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