Trump says pilots fine after U.S. helicopter crashes near Strait of Hormuz

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blamed the military partnership between the US, Japan and South Korea, and their nuclear war simulation exercises, for causing conflict and raising a grave challenge to the security of his country during a speech in Pyongyang Saturday.

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A U.S. Army helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz, and President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war.