On September 18, 1931, an explosion on the South Manchuria Railway near Mukden was used by the Imperial Japanese Army as a pretext to launch a large-scale invasion and occupation of Manchuria.
The incident triggered a major international crisis that eroded the postwar order, worsened Sino-Japanese relations, and presented the Hoover administration with a mounting foreign-policy and security challenge without easy military or multilateral remedies.
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Trump and Iran's president signed an agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iran deal signed by Trump includes provisions for sanctions relief and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.
The G-7 summit concluded with praise for Trump's efforts to end the Iran conflict.
Trump signed a memo intended to conclude the ongoing conflict with Iran.