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U.S. President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping after watching a military demonstration from a balcony of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
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CAIRO/WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS - Iran on Saturday awaited an official U.S. response to its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end fighting in the wider Middle East war after the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. President Donald Trump had rejected the deal. Iran raised the diplomatic initiative at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, saying it had been transmitted to the Americans via Qatari mediators and could reopen the strategic waterway and put an end to hostilities in the region within seven days. The Iranians also engaged their Saudi rivals regarding the strait, underscoring the stakes of a 7-month-old conflict that has disrupted oil flows through one of the world's most critical shipping lanes and taken a toll on the global economy. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, SUBSCRIBE NOW
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