WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy has accompanied four American-flagged ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, and may expand that aid to other nations to ensure they get no interference from Iranian vessels. U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren says the four ships ...
WASHINGTON — The Navy will accompany ships in and around the Persian Gulf following threats and harassment from Iranian patrol boats, a Defense Department official said Thursday. The Navy has four ships in the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, a busy shipping lane for commercial cargo vessels. The ...
The U.S. State Department would not say Friday if it is asking the government of Iran to release a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship it seized in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week. “We've been working with the Republic of the Marshall Islands and with Maersk to understand the facts of the ...
The U.S. Navy has accompanied four American-flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz so far in response to Iran’s seizure of a cargo ship flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, a former trust territory for which the U.S. has some security and defense responsibilities. “All four ships were ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military signaled on Friday it may allow warships to accompany other nations' vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran's seizure of a container ship this week prompted the Navy to start accompanying U.S.-flagged vessels. "Our current plans are for ...
This March 9, 2015 US Navy handout photo shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut departing Naval Station Mayport in Florida (AFP Photo/MC2 Sean P. La Marr)/ Washington (AFP) - US naval forces have started "accompanying" American-flagged commercial ships passing through the Strait of ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Navy ships will start accompanying U.S.-flagged commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz after Iran's seizure of a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel two days ago, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday. The official said the measure was expected to be ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. It sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the 15 ...
Taillights trace the path of a motor vehicle at the Naughton Power Plant, Jan. 13, 2022, in Kemmerer, Wyo. Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site adjacent to the coal plant for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how ...
The dramatic rescue of four Israeli hostages in Gaza amid efforts to try to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire has raised questions over the impact it could have on reaching a deal, as mediated talks show no sign of a breakthrough. As images of the freed and smiling three men and one ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses at the French National Assembly before his address to lawmakers, Friday, June 7, 2024 in Paris. Switzerland’s president says 90 countries and organizations, half from Europe, have registered to take part in a Ukraine peace summit on June 15 and 16, ...
Umm Hudaifa, the first wife of the late IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is now in prison in Iraq/ In a rare interview from prison, a widow of the Islamic State group’s leader has shared her account of their life. Umm Hudaifa was the first wife of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was married to him while ...
) – One person was killed in a crash along a busy Lower Valley corridor on Sunday afternoon, June 9, police said. The crash happened shortly before 1 p.m. at Americas South at Zaragoza, fire dispatch said. El Paso Police said one person was killed in the crash./ Fire dispatch said two people ...
Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has quit the emergency government in a sign of deepening divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-conflict plans for Gaza. Speaking during a news conference in Tel Aviv on Sunday where he announced his resignation, Mr Gantz said the ...
right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party members react after the polls closed during the European Parliament elections, in Paris/ PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron rolled the dice on his political future on Sunday, calling snap legislative elections for later this ...
Almog Meir Jan embraces a family member after his rescue from Gaza/ The father of an Israeli hostage rescued during a military operation in Gaza died a day before he could be reunited with his son, a relative has said. Almog Meir Jan, 22, was held in Gaza for eight months after being kidnapped ...
A driver caught traveling on Georgia 400 at 143 mph was arrested last week. On June 4, around 10:12 p.m. officers were monitoring traffic on GA 400./ According to Sandy Springs officials, officers spotted a 2023 Cadillac CT5-V traveling 143 mph in a 65 mph zone./ The driver, whose age and ...