Oil prices have jumped more than 3%, and we are closer to war." This latest tanker seizure adds to the broader tensions between Iran and the United States, which have been strained over issues ...

The seizure followed last Thursday’s similar act against a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker, the Advantage Sweet, which is now held by Iranian authorities at Bandar Abbas. The initial tip to the ...

"The Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced the seizure of an American oil tanker in the waters of the Oman Sea with a court order," Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is ...

Iran’s navy seized an oil tanker on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that once was at the center of a major crisis between Tehran and Washington, officials said, a seizure that further escalates ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - An oil tanker confiscated by the United States for carrying Iranian oil and diverted to the U.S. Gulf Coast, was headed to the Bahamas on Wednesday under a new name ...

“The oil tanker issued a distress call during the seizure,” the 5th Fleet said. “Iran’s actions are contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stabilit ...

DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) - Iran seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, and the U.S. State Department called for its release, in the latest escalation in a series of ...

The oil tanker, then known as the Suez Rajan ... “immediately release” the crew and the ship. “We condemn the Iranian seizure of the St. Nicholas,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Iran has seized a second oil tanker in a week, the US Navy said on Wednesday, increasing tensions in one of ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard has seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, accusing them of smuggling diesel fuel, according to state media. The latest seizure comes amid ongoing tensions ...