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Iranian drone ‘took unsafe action’ near carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tuesday's "unsafe and unprofessional" action comes as Navy warships continue to intercept drones in the region.
UK: Europe-led mission will protect vital shipping in Gulf
Britain's European allies will play a major role keeping shipping lanes open. One-fifth of all global crude exports passes through the narrow strait between Iran and Oman.
Navy identifies missing 5th Fleet sailor
A Virginia man has been identified as the sailor missing from the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea since Wednesday.
By Mark D. Faram
Officials: US putting troops back in Saudi Arabia
With Iranian military threats in mind, the United States is sending American forces, including fighter aircraft, air defense missiles and likely more than 500 troops, to a Saudi air base that became a hub of American air power in the Middle East in the 1990s but was abandoned by Washington after it toppled Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein in 2003.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
British say Iran seized two vessels Friday in Strait of Hormuz
The operator of the Stena Impero said it was unable to contact the ship after it was approached by unidentified vessels and a helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Iran denies US destroyed an Iranian drone near Persian Gulf
The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
The mystery of the oil tanker that disappeared in the Strait of Hormuz
It drifted into Iranian waters and stopped transmitting its location more than two days ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
EU supports Iraq-proposed conference on US-Iran tensions
The European Union supports an Iraqi proposal to hold a regional conference amid rising tensions between the United States and Iran, the group’s foreign policy chief said Saturday.
London sending warship to the Persian Gulf
The British navy said Thursday it had stopped three Iranian paramilitary vessels from disrupting the passage of a British oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
US proceeding with plan for coalition to deter Iran threats
The United States will move ahead with plans to build a coalition of nations to monitor and deter Iranian threats against commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf area and in a heavy trafficked waterway between the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Trump questions need for U.S. to protect international shipping in Strait of Hormuz
Oil importing nations like China and Japan should be protecting their own ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to President Trump, who questioned the U.S. military’s presence in the region to safeguard oil-shipping routes.
By Diana Stancy