Three missing Indian sailors have been confirmed dead following a US strike on an oil tanker off the coast of Oman.

Iran’s IRGC says its naval forces have hit an American oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf, setting it on fire.

Russia has condemned the US capture of a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the Atlantic as a violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

The ship, currently sailing between Iceland and the British Isles, has been accused by Washington of violating US sanctions.

Russia has formally asked the United States stop chasing an oil tanker that had been sailing for Venezuela to pick up oil, a report says.

The chief justice of Iran’s Hormozgan Province says a recently seized tanker and its fuel cargo worth more than five million dollars will be transferred to government ownership.

The Venezuelan government categorically denounces the United States’ “theft and hijacking” of a second oil tanker off the country’s coast, vowing to pursue legal avenues against Washington, including filing a complaint with the UN.