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Germany Ditches Delayed Frigate Program in Major Blow to Rheinmetall
2+ week, 1+ day ago (519+ words) A soldier bids farewell as the frigate Baden-Wuerttemberg of Germany's Bundeswehr Marine sets sail from its home port of Wilhelmshaven for the eastern Mediterranean to support the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) mission, in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, June 4, 2026. REUTERS…...
Hormuz Traffic Slowly Picking Up as Oil and LNG Tankers Resume Transits
2+ week, 3+ day ago (863+ words) Birds fly near the Jag Vasant vessel transferring LPG at a port after transiting the Strait of Hormuz amid supply disruptions linked to the U. S-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Mumbai, India, April 1, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas By Florence Tan, Emily Chow…...
Taiwan Says Chinese Coast Guard, Research Ships Near Key S. China Sea Islands
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (426+ words) A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is pictured on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, March 29, 2014. REUTERS/Erik De Castro TAIPEI, June 6 (Reuters)Taiwan said on Saturday that a Chinesecoast guardship and…...
North Korea Tests Cruise and Anti-Ship Missiles from Destroyer
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (263+ words) SEOUL, April 14 (Reuters)North Korea conducted another test-fire of strategic cruise missiles and anti-warship missiles on Sunday as part of operational efficiency trials of its destroyer Choe Hyon, state media KCNA said on Tuesday. Leader Kim Jong Un observed the…...
US Military 'Setting Conditions' To Clear Mines From Strait Of Hormuz
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (373+ words) WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters)The U. S. military said on Saturday that it had started "setting conditions" for clearing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, with two U. S. warships passing through the key waterway. In a post on X, the U. S. Central Command said the…...
UK Pauses Its Plan To Cede Chagos Islands After US Opposition
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (566+ words) By Suban Abdulla and William Schomberg LONDON, April 11 (Reuters)Britain's government said on Saturday it had put on hold its deal to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands home to the U. S. -British Diego Garcia air base which has been criticized…...
Iran Says Hormuz Open To All But "Enemy-Linked" Ships
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (343+ words) The Callisto tanker sits anchored as the traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U. S. -Israeli conflict with Iran, in Muscat, Oman, March 10, 2026. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/ DUBAI, March 22 (Reuters)The Strait of Hormuz remains open to allshippingexcept vessels…...
U. S. Eases Sanctions for Russian Oil Cargoes Already at Sea as Hormuz Crisis Hits Supply
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (273+ words) The U. S. Treasury Department has issued a new sanctions wind-down authorization allowing certain Russian oil cargoes already at sea to complete their voyages, as global energy markets struggle with disruptions tied to the escalating conflict around the Strait of Hormuz. The…...
Iran Has Thousands of Missiles. The US Is Running Out of Interceptors.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (518+ words) Projectiles are seen in the sky after Iran fired a salvo of ballistic missiles, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel, October 1, 2024. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (Bloomberg) " The ability of the US, Israel and Gulf…...
Houthis Signal Renewed Red Sea Shipping Attacks After U. S. Israeli Strikes on Iran
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) The maritime security environment in the Middle East deteriorated sharply on Saturday following confirmed United States and Israeli strikes on Iran, with Yemen's Houthi movement signalling that it intends to resume attacks on commercial shipping in and around the Red…...