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  "id": 6410904,
  "title": "Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/iran-and-us-hit-tankers-in-biggest-wave-of-attacks-on-shipping-since-6410904",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T04:46:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/iran-and-us-hit-tankers-biggest-wave-attacks-shipping-war-began"
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  "summary": "By Enas Alashray, Idrees Ali and Jana Choukeir CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks on shipping by both sides since the start of the six-month-old war.",
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/iran-and-us-hit-tankers-in-biggest-wave-of-attacks-on-shipping-since",
        "published": "2026-09-09T10:40:30.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/iran-and-us-hit-tankers-in-biggest-wave-of-attacks-on-shipping-since-6416141",
        "published": "2026-09-09T10:55:00.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/iran-and-us-hit-tankers-in-biggest-wave-of-attacks-on-shipping-since-6428310",
        "published": "2026-09-09T14:13:11.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/iran-and-us-hit-tankers-in-biggest-wave-of-attacks-on-shipping-since-6435904",
        "published": "2026-09-09T16:07:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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