Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 16:00 GMT on January 7, 2025.

Iran’s IRGC seizes a large ship carrying four million liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf.

China says the US arbitrary seizure of other countries’ vessels is a serious violation of international law.

Iran has seized a foreign-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on charges of smuggling six million liters of fuel, detaining 18 crew members, according to Iranian media reports.

Iran condemns the US Navy’s attack on a commercial vessel carrying Venezuelan oil off the coast of the South American country as an “act of state piracy,” warning about the consequences of such coercive measures.

Venezuela decries Washington's 'act of piracy' after US forces seized an oil tanker off the country’s coast.

A report says the foreign-flagged tanker seized by the IRGC on Friday was carrying Iran-owned cargo.