Wednesday's incident is the second time in less than a week than Iranian forces have seized an oil tanker in Middle Eastern waters.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small boats that drifted into Iranian waters after experiencing mechanical problems. Iran accused the sailors of trespassing but ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – All 10 U.S. Navy sailors detained by Iran after drifting into its territorial waters a day earlier have been freed, the U.S. and Iran said Wednesday. The Navy said the American ...

An Iranian warship entered the Red Sea a day after US Navy took out three Houthi attack boats. Iran-backed Houthi attacks in the Red Sea continue to threaten global commerce. Maersk again paused ...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) sails alongside the Japanese Murasame-class destroyer Akebono (DD 108) in the Gulf of Aden on November 25, 2023. On Monday, Iran dispatched a warship to ...

Iran dispatched a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy destroyed three Houthi boats, a move that risks ratcheting up tensions and complicates Washington’s goal of securing a waterway that’s vital ...

Tehran said Thursday it seized an Emirati boat following a Gulf incident in which two Iranian fishermen died, stoking tensions after the UAE said it would establish ties with Iran's arch-enemy Israel.

In their golden age, Iran's lenj vessels were used to transport goods such as spices, dried fish, and textiles from the Persian Gulf to East Africa and the Indian subcontinent. But as modern ships ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they plan to upgrade their speed boats in the Gulf with radar-evading stealth technology and new missile launchers as tensions rise ...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards successfully deployed a new speed boat capable of destroying enemy ships in war games that began on Thursday in a waterway crucial for global oil ...

TEHRAN, Iran — State TV says Iran has inaugurated production lines for two types of assault boats. The defense minister describes them as a boost to the country's navy. Monday's report says one of the ...