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Iran TV airs footage of commandos seizing US-bound tanker
Iranian state TV footage shows how masked Iranian navy commandos conducted a helicopter-borne raid to seize a U.S.-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman.
By AP Staff
TRANSCOM head pushes back against Air Force tanker retirements
The head of U.S. Transportation Command is pushing the Air Force to rethink some of its controversial plans to retire some of its older aerial refueling aircraft.
A crash’s grim echoes of Iran Air flight 655
As recently as last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referenced the attack in criticizing President Donald Trump.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Explainer: Could Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
About 21 percent of the world's crude oil travels through a 21-mile-wide waterway.
By Rockford Weitz, Tufts University
Iran: 2 missiles hit oil tanker off Saudi coast
The Navy's 5th Fleet is aware of the incident but has not commented on it.
Iran releases seized UK-flagged tanker
The British-flagged Stena Impero left the port of Bandar Abbas on Friday morning, heading to Dubai where its crew would disembark, the vessel's Swedish-based ship-owning company Stena Bulk said.
UAE joins naval security coalition in the Gulf
The UAE joins four other members of the International Maritime Security Construct — the United Kingdom, Australia, Bahrain and the United States.
By Jaleah Dortch
Iran oil tanker pursued by US turns off tracker near Syria
Meanwhile, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that Tehran won't enter into direct talks with the U.S. unless Washington rejoins the 2015 nuclear deal that President Donald Trump scrapped a year ago.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
US-led Persian Gulf patrols put Iran on notice
Through the gulf’s narrow mouth, the Strait of Hormuz, 20 percent of all crude oil sold passes onto the world market.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Israeli, US militaries simulate retaking hijacked ship amid tensions
Israel’s military says it has conducted a joint exercise with U.S. special operations forces simulating the retaking of a hijacked ship.
US blocks release of Iranian tanker held at Gibraltar
Britain's Foreign Office said in a statement that the "investigations conducted around the Grace 1 are a matter for the government of Gibraltar" and that it couldn't comment further.
By Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press