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Bella 1, a ship with Russian protection that is being tracked by the U.S. Coast Guard, is heading northeast in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Russia requested this week that the United States end its pursuit of the vessel, which was intercepted in the Caribbean on its way to pick up oil in Venezuela.
Iran seized a foreign oil tanker as it traveled the strategic Strait of Hormuz carrying some 25,000 barrels of smuggled fuel, state media said.
Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) on Friday called on President Trump to expand the administration’s seizures of Venezuelan oil tankers to tankers coming from Russia. “He’s been using our
The pursuit of the tanker, off the coast of Venezuela, is the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than a week.
The vessel is part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" - unregulated ships that Kyiv says are exporting large quantities of oil despite Western sanctions.
The Winston-Salem Fire Department posted on social media that they are responding to a hazardous material spill.
On November 17, 2025, a Russian drone strike set the Turkish LPG tanker MT Orinda ablaze at Ukraine’s Izmail port.
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