13m ago Water desalination plant on Iran’s Qeshm island in Strait of Hormuz reportedly offline after strike Iranian media said Tuesday that an Israeli or U.S. airstrike had taken a water desalination plant on the Persian Gulf island of Qeshm offline. According to the Iranian government affiliated Borna News, the head of the Ministry…
An old Soviet-era Lada car drives past a truck belonging to a private Cuban company (mipyme) parked in front of a gas station with an IsoTank of imported fuel in Havana on March 19, 2026. Adalberto Roque | Afp | Getty Images The Kremlin on Monday welcomed the arrival of a Russian-flagged oil tanker to…
President Trump on Sunday night said he has “no problem” with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade. “We have a tanker out there. We don’t mind having somebody get a boatload because they need… they…
Oil prices retreated Tuesday, even after Secretary of Energy Chris Wright wrongly claimed in a social media post that the U.S. Navy had escorted a tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. “The U.S. Navy has not escorted a tanker or a vessel at this time,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday. U.S….
Dubai — British maritime security firm Vanguard Tech said Tuesday that a U.S.-flagged tanker was approached by Iranian gunboats, which threatened to board the vessel, in the Strait of Hormuz, before continuing on its way under military escort. The incident comes amid a tense standoff between the U.S. and Iran, and just days ahead of…
US forces say another Venezuela-linked tanker seized as Trump continues moves to take control of nation’s oil reserves. Published On 16 Jan 202616 Jan 2026 Click here to share on social media share2 Share United States forces have seized an oil tanker in the Caribbean that the Trump administration said had links to Venezuela, the…
The US has seized a sixth tanker in the Caribbean Sea in its ongoing efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil, officials say. The vessel, Veronica, was boarded in a predawn operation “without incident” as it was defying President Donald Trump’s “quarantine of sanctioned vessels”, said the US military. “The only oil leaving Venezuela will…
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing his path, according to a recording of the pilot’s conversation with air traffic control. “We almost had a midair collision up…
Washington — The U.S. has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, officials said Wednesday, escalating tensions between the two countries. President Trump said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil. Bloomberg first reported the oil tanker seizure. Mr. Trump announced the seizure during a roundtable meeting at the White House,…
