Iran and U.S. trade new strikes as Trump dismisses pressure to end war

Iran fired a missile at an American air base in Kuwait on Thursday just hours after the United States attacked the Islamic Republic, with both sides accusing the other of violating their shaky ceasefire and further imperiling diplomatic efforts to end the war

Iran fired a missile at an American air base in Kuwait on Thursday just hours after the United States attacked the Islamic Republic, with both sides accusing the other of violating their shaky ceasefire and further imperiling diplomatic efforts to end the war.

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Kuwait shot down the ballistic missile, the American and Kuwaiti militaries said. No damage or casualties were reported.

A U.S. official said that American forces in Kuwait were the suspected target. Iran said it had targeted a U.S. base responsible for strikes late Wednesday in Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city near the Strait of Hormuz.