US National Security Advisor John Bolton accused Iran Wednesday of "almost certainly" being behind sabotage attacks on oil tankers off the UAE coast this month, as he visited Abu Dhabi amid soaring tensions between Washington and Tehran. The Saudi tanker ...

After decades of setbacks and early retirements, the Navy’s most ridiculed ship is finally doing its job: hunting mines and unmanned threats.

While USS Nimitz may likely be sailing her final deployment, the mighty aircraft carrier should not be dismissed as second-rate.

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz [Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters] Two oil tankers have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil checkpoint just off the coast of Iran. British maritime security monitor Ambrey said that the ...

Iran’s parliament has voted to close the Strait of Hormuz, the vital shipping channel through which around 20% of the world’s daily oil flows. The move, which could block $1 billion in oil shipments per day, is likely to send oil prices soaring.

The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was targeting for transporting Iranian fuel to Venezuela, U.S. officials said Thursday, as it steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies. Last month ...

Shared oilfields, document falsification, and ship-to-ship transfers have long enabled Iran to rebrand exports as Iraq.