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By Jarrett Renshaw and Arathy Somasekhar WASHINGTON/HOUSTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – The White House is expected to extend a waiver of the century-old Jones Act in the coming days, sources …

By Erin Banco, Mike Stone and Jonathan Landay NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during …

By Samia Nakhoul BEIRUT, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Iran is betting it can outlast Washington by turning the Middle East’s trade routes, shipping lanes and energy infrastructure into pressure points …

LONDON, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Six Saudi-flagged supertankers have changed course in the Gulf of Aden in recent days and are heading to southern Africa following threats by Yemen’s Houthi …

By Steve Holland, Elwely Elwelly and Parisa Hafezi ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/DUBAI, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday there were no talks under way with the United States …

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Two tankers laden with Saudi oil crossed the Bab el-Mandeb strait over the weekend, while traffic in the Strait of Hormuz slowed …

ROME, Aug 2 (Reuters) – An EU naval mission led by Italy boarded a tanker from Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” on Sunday, the second such operation in less than two …

By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY, July 31 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Mexican hotel workers, tractor operators and specialized Navy personnel are heading out to the beach each day at dawn …

Aug 1 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi-run maritime coordination body denied on Saturday that it planned to impose fees on commercial ships transiting the Bab el-Mandeb strait, saying no such decision …

MOSCOW, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Two Ukrainian drones hit and sank a civilian vessel owned by Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom sailing in the Black Sea overnight, the company’s head, …

Aug 1 (Reuters) – A merchant vessel safely passed through the Red Sea under the protection of the Italian frigate Bergamini, the European Union naval mission ASPIDES said on Saturday. …

TAIPEI/BEIJING, July 31 (Reuters) – China’s coast guard conducted patrols it described as routine law enforcement in waters east of Taiwan on Friday, angering Taipei, which condemned the move as …

By Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul BEIRUT/LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) – A sanctions-hit tanker is leaking oil off the coast of Oman and the spill has spread in recent days, …

By Forrest Crellin, Aleksandar Vasovic and Luiza Ilie PARIS/BELGRADE/BUCHAREST, July 31 (Reuters) – Record low water levels in Europe’s major rivers have curtailed the transport of goods, reduced electricity output …

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) – A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta signaled a potential new front in the U.S.-Iran war, raising the prospect of …

July 30 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Thursday unveiled plans for a multinational maritime defense coalition aimed at protecting international shipping and energy supply routes in the Red Sea region …

LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – London’s marine insurance market has widened the area in the Red Sea it deems as ?high risk after attacks on ships by Yemen’s Houthi movement …

By Marwa Rashad, Mohamed Ezz, Yasmine Ghania and Nandita Bose LONDON/CAIRO,/WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) – A drone hit a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta, British …

By Jana Choukeir and Ahmed Tolba DUBAI/CAIRO, July 29 (Reuters) – Explosions hit a natural gas loading port on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt on Wednesday, and British maritime security …

By Parisa Hafezi, Ahmed Tolba and Ahmed Elimam DUBAI/CAIRO, July 29 (Reuters) – The United States and Saudi Arabia jointly struck Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq on Wednesday, the first …

By Jonathan Saul, Parisa Hafezi and Timour Azhari LONDON/DUBAI, July 29 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi group is considering imposing fees on commercial ships sailing through the southern Red Sea, a …

RIYADH, July 27 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi Movement aims to replicate Iran’s Hormuz Strait strategy in the Red Sea by disrupting shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb and has been emboldened …

By Timour Azhari and Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) – Oman has presented Iran with a plan backed by Gulf states to manage the Strait of Hormuz, including collecting …

By Bo Erickson, Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly WASHINGTON/DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was having “good talks” with Iran and …

By Nayera Abdallah and Elwely Elwelly DUBAI, July 27 (Reuters) – Iran said on Monday it was still in control of the Strait of Hormuz and not seeking to resume …

By Florence Tan SINGAPORE, July 27 (Reuters) – Ship traffic through Bab el-Mandeb fell on Sunday after Yemeni Houthis attacked Saudi oil installations along the Red Sea coast, while transit …

July 26 (Reuters) – An international cargo vessel sank off the coast of Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Sunday, a week after Ukrainian officials said it had been …

HONG KONG, July 26 (Reuters) – Rescuers were searching on Sunday for 17 people still missing after a Vietnamese ship sank in the busy waterway of the South China Sea, …

TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) – An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy rare earth …

By Federico Maccioni, Timour Azhari and Eman Abouhassira RIYADH, July 25 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militants fired on Saudi oil installations in two ports on the Red Sea coast …

PARIS, July 24 (Reuters) – Escalating attacks on Black Sea shipping and ports have sent wheat prices soaring to their highest in two years, stoking fresh concerns over food inflation …

DUBAI, July 24 (Reuters) – U.S. missiles struck targets across Iran, reaching as far as its Caspian coast, on Friday after President Donald Trump vowed “major military punishment” for Tehran …

SINGAPORE, July 24 (Reuters) – The number of tankers crossing the Strait of Hormuz fell to just one on Thursday, the lowest level since May 7, according to shiptracking data, …

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) – The United States on Friday imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including the EU and …

July 23 (Reuters) – Iran flew Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commanders, military advisers and missile- and drone-related equipment into Yemen this month, according to four sources, in a move …

KYIV, July 23 (Reuters) – Shipowners halted vessel arrivals at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports due to intensified Russian strikes, Kyiv said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow might escalate attacks …

By Florence Tan and Siyi Liu SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) – Two Chinese supertankers carrying a combined 4 million barrels of Saudi Arabian oil are exiting the Red Sea via …

LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) – Four tankers changed their navigational course in the Red Sea on Wednesday with two signaling the Suez Canal as their new destination after Yemen’s Houthi …

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers loaded with Saudi crude for China and India made U-turns in the Red Sea on Tuesday, heading towards the Suez Canal …

BEIJING/MANILA, July 21 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will summon China’s ambassador in Manila, his office said on Tuesday, hours after Manila’s envoy in Beijing was similarly summoned …

BUCHAREST, July 20 (Reuters) – Water levels of the Danube river in Romania fell to their lowest since 1996 over the weekend, prompting irrigation restrictions for farmers and partially disrupting …

ODESA, Ukraine July 20 (Reuters) – A Russian missile strike on a ship carrying corn near Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa killed 10 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, in …

July 20 (Reuters) – Greek shipping company Dynacom Tankers said two of its managed vessels were hit by projectiles of unknown origin on Monday while sailing off the coast of …

By Nayera Abdallah and Timour Azhari DUBAI, July 20 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said on Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that threatens …

MANILA, July 20 (Reuters) – The Philippines accused Chinese coast guard personnel on Monday of aggressively striking one of its navy staff in the head with a wooden baton during …

DUBAI, July 19 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that two ships were involved in an “accident” after attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz via an “unsafe …

MOSCOW, July 19 (Reuters) – Two oil tankers were attacked at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast, CPC said on Sunday, adding that oil loadings …

By Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST, July 16 (Reuters) – Near-record low water levels on the Danube River have disrupted tourism this week, leaving cruise vessels stranded north of Budapest, suspending sightseeing …

By Catherine Cartier and Jonathan Saul July 17 (Reuters) – A vessel under sanctions for moving Russian fuel is likely leaking oil in a protected marine area off the coast …

MOSCOW, July 18 (Reuters) – An oil tanker chartered for loading oil at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast was attacked and damaged by two drones …