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Japan and China Coast Guards Clash Near Senkaku Islands

Competing expulsions highlight law-enforcement tactics that press territorial claims, raising diplomatic and market concerns.

U.S. and GCC Back Iran MOU While Pressing for Wider Security Guarantees

Russian Frigate Fires Warning Shots at UK‑Flagged Yacht in English Channel

China Says It Tracked Dutch Frigate Through Taiwan Strait

France Detains Sanctioned Tanker Tagor After Atlantic Boarding

France Seizes Russian Tanker Tagor in Atlantic

China Coast Guard Patrols Waters East of Taiwan in Protest Over Japan‑Philippines Boundary Talks

China Says It Used Electronic Interference to Drive Off Dutch Frigate Near Paracel Islands

Taiwan and China Coast Guards in Multi-Day Standoff Near Pratas Islands

UKMTO Reports Ship Boarded Near Fujairah and Headed Toward Iranian Waters

Pakistan Repatriates Crew From U.S.-Seized Iranian Ship

U.S. Marines Board Blue Star III Under Iran Blockade and Release It After Search

US Destroyer Intercepts Iranian Tanker Under Stated Blockade of Iran's Ports

Survivor’s Video Details IRIS Dena Sinking, Alleging US Submarine Torpedo

Drifting Russian LNG Tanker Off Malta Prompts Emergency Contingency Plans

Iran Navy Chief Vows 'Deadly Retaliation' After US Torpedo Sinks IRIS Dena

Russia Urges Action as Stricken Sanctioned Gas Tanker Drifts Toward Malta

U.S. Strikes Suspected Drug Boat in Caribbean, Killing Three, as Southern Spear Intensifies

Russia Threatens Naval Action to Stop Western Seizures of Its Ships

India Seizes Three Suspected ‘Shadow Fleet’ Tankers Off Mumbai in First Crackdown