Tensions Escalate in Strait of Hormuz with Ship Seizure and Sinking

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A ship was seized off the UAE and taken toward Iran, while an Indian-flagged cargo ship sank off Oman after an attack, escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz amid U.S.-Iran talks and Iranian claims of control over the waterway.

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