Turkey has urged France to refrain from escalating tensions in the eastern Mediterranean following the country’s plan to increase its military presence in the disputed area.

Russian president says the Navy will be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater nuclear drones.

Iran seizes back the Dominica-flagged MT Gulf Sky crude oil tanker hit by US sanctions.

A Yemeni official says Saudi Arabia is detaining 22 ships carrying fuel and food at the kingdom’s Jizan port.

As many as 19 people have lost their ives and 15 others been injured in an incident involving the Iranian Navy’s Konarak logistical vessel in the country’s southern waters.

A Yemeni maritime official says the Saudi-led coalition has impounded over a dozen ships carrying fuel and foodstuff destined to Hudaydah at a port in Djibouti.

Thousands of people stranded aboard a cruise ship in Hong Kong for five days were allowed to disembark after its 1,800 crew tested negative for the deadly new coronavirus.

Germany says it plans to build at least four new multi-role warships worth nearly 6 billion euros in an effort to increase its military capabilities.

A top commander with Libyan militia groups headed by renegade general Khalifa Haftar says he has “orders” to destroy any Turkish vessel near war-torn Libya.

India’s navy says it drove out a Chinese vessel in September after it allegedly made an “unauthorized” entry into what New Delhi calls its “exclusive economic zone” in the strategic Indian Ocean.