2 ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz, complicating diplomatic efforts to resume U.S.-Iran talks

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Iran opened fire on a container ship Wednesday in the Strait of Hormuz, underscoring the danger to commercial vessels in a waterway crucial to global energy supplies as plans for ceasefire talks between Tehran and the United States in Islamabad faltered.

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