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The maritime rule that lets Iran seize US Navy ships

It sounds impossible, but under international maritime law, Iran can legally tow away certain U.S. Navy vessels. The problem is a single rule that unmanned ships break by design. As the Navy moves ...
Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump’s orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás ...
Iran has armed Venezuela with missile boats, drones, and proxy networks. Here’s what that alliance means for U.S. forces and ...
The move is an escalation of military operations and a pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader. But its ...
President Donald Trump says he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on ...
As the U.S. Navy leads the largest fleet ever assembled in the Caribbean Sea to pressure the illegitimate Maduro regime in ...
S.C., defended the Trump administration’s boat strike campaign in the Caribbean, saying “there’s no doubt in my mind that we ...
The U.S. military has spent decades replacing its Cold War arsenal with newer, more capable systems—but not everything from ...