Dark Tankers Spill Russian Crude Off Yemen—Who’s Behind the Oil Slick?
Satellite images reveal a 5km slick near Hodeidah as ‘dark vessels’ disable tracking signals to evade oversight.
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UAE Cuts All Trade With Iran After Missile Strike—Strait of Hormuz on Edge
The UAE has suspended all trade and financial transactions with Iran following accusations of a ballistic missile.
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West’s Missile Defence Gap: Iran War Drains US Stockpiles in Six Months
US Patriot and Thaad interceptors depleted after six months of sporadic fighting with Iran, leaving allies exposed.
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Iran Seizes UAE Tanker and Turns Back Chinese VLCCs in Hormuz Power Play
Tehran enforces "maritime laws" after US deal ends, halting vessels and detaining a Liberian-flagged product tanker.
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USS Kennedy Sailor Charged With Murder
Aviation bosun’s mate Jayjrion Rodriguez faces murder and manslaughter charges over the June 6 fatal shooting of.
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UAE Halts All Trade With Iran After Missile Strike on Shipping Lanes
Emirates suspends financial transactions and trade with Iran following antiship ballistic missile attack near its Hormuz.
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Colby’s South China Sea Pledge Leaves Manila Caught in Three-Way Bind
US Undersecretary of War Elbridge Colby brands the Philippines a "model ally".
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$65m Tax Heist: How 60 Smugglers Exploited Australia’s Sky-High Tobacco
Australian and Chinese authorities dismantle a syndicate that evaded $65m in duties using mislabelled shipping.
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Indian Seafarers Forced Into Hormuz War Zone, Union Warns
A chief engineer’s death in a missile attack overnight Monday underscores the risks.
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Black Sea Tanker Attack Reveals Cracks in Ukraine’s Pledge
NOVOROSSIYSK, Russia — A Liberian-flagged tanker managed by Greek operator IMS became the latest casualty in the Black.
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A Sanctioned Ghost Tanker Is Painting Oman Black
On 8 June, a tanker reported trouble off the coast of Yemen. On 30 June, it ran aground at an Omani island that forms…
