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Iran offers to swap seized oil tanker for another taken by UK

In the meantime, Britain continues plans to deploy a Europe-led "maritime protection mission" to safeguard shipping in the area after Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

By Aya Batrawy, The Associated Press

4 years ago

A UH-1Y Venom helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) on July 18, 2019, during a Strait of Hormuz transit.

American warship destroys Iranian drone in Strait of Hormuz

A U.S. warship on Thursday destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after it threatened the ship, President Donald Trump said.

By Robert Burns, The Associated Press

4 years ago