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US says it's hunting for explosive mines in latest push to open Strait of Hormuz
April 26, 2026
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US President Donald Trump says the US Navy is clearing Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, a vital sea route for oil shipments whose disruption is increasingly threatening the global economy. Sweeping for underwater explosives could take months despite a tenuous ceasefire between the United States and Iran in the weekslong war, experts say. Any future claims that the US cleared the waterway where 20 percent of the world's oil typically passes might fail to convince commercial freighters and
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