"A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another a cargo ship near Oman sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz. It wasn't immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country's claim of control over the waterway and another said it had a right to seize oil tankers connected to the U.S."
"The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said it received reports that the ship seized Thursday was taken by unauthorized personnel while anchored 38 nautical miles (70 kilometers, 44 miles) northeast of the UAE port of Fujairah, an important oil export terminal that has been repeatedly attacked during the war with Iran. The U.K. maritime center did not name the ship seized Thursday and said it is investigating. The British military said the vessel is heading toward Iranian waters."
"Indian authorities said Thursday that an Indian-flagged cargo ship sank off the coast of Oman after an attack sparked a fire aboard the vessel while it was en route from Somalia to Sharjah, another UAE port. They did not say who attacked the ship. The turmoil in the strait, which a fifth of the world's oil passed through before the war, has been a sticking point for weeks in talks between the U.S. and Iran to end the conflict."
"The White House said both sides had agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open. Just last week, tensions flared in the strait when U.S. forces fired on and disabled Iranian oil tankers that it said were trying to breach its blockade of Iran's ports. Iran's grip on the vital waterway has jolted the world economy and spiked fuel prices far beyond the Middle East."
A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran, while another cargo ship near Oman sank after an attack. Reports indicated the seized vessel was taken by unauthorized personnel while anchored northeast of Fujairah, an oil export terminal that has been repeatedly attacked. The British military said the vessel was heading toward Iranian waters and authorities were investigating. Indian authorities reported that an Indian-flagged cargo ship sank off Oman after an attack caused a fire while traveling from Somalia to Sharjah. The incidents occurred amid heightened tensions near the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world’s oil passes and where talks between the U.S. and Iran have been ongoing. The White House said both the U.S. and China agreed the strait must remain open.
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