Iran wants to charge for Hormuz, Houthis for the Red Sea: How straits around the world are governed

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Countries, the United Nations says, have argued over waters for as long as ships have sailed – perhaps from the time Egyptians first plied the Mediterranean in papyrus rafts. In 1493, the year after Christopher Columbus reached America, Pope Alexande... [7487 chars]

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