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A warship has been deployed by a South Korean anti-piracy unit in response to the seizure of a commercial tanker and its 20-member crew in Gulf waters.
The Iranian navy briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the US.
The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has declared a “state of environmental emergency.”
Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on Oct. 11.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker because it was smuggling fuel, according to the country’s state television.
