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The United States seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic, as a Russian submarine and warship were close by, official spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday .The seizure, which could stoke tensions with Russia, came after the tanker, originally known as the Bella-1,…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh commissioned the Indian Coast Guard‘s (ICG) first indigenously designed and built pollution control vessel ‘Samudra Pratap’ in Goa on Monday, saying the ship will “bolster India’s self-confidence”. The 114.5-metre vessel, built by Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), has over 60% of indigenous content.During the commissioning of ‘Samudra Pratap’ in Goa,…
A Russian missile strike damaged a Turkish-owned vessel in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa on Friday. This prompted calls from Ankara to halt attacks on civilian infrastructure. The attack occurred hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue personally with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.“Russia launched a missile strike on civilian…
(Image credits: X @IndiaCoastGuard) NEW DELHI: Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday seized a Pakistani fishing boat and apprehended 11 crew members for operating illegally in Indian waters, officials said. The detainees have been handed over to the Jakhau Marine Police in Gujarat for further investigation.ICG on Thursday confirmed the interception on X, stating that…
Russian vessel struck by drone in the Black Sea The Turkish government said that two Russian tankers, Virat and Kairos, were attacked by an unmanned vessel on Saturday again in the Black Sea after one of them was struck a day earlier. The explosions rocked the vessels near the Turkish shoreline.In the footage shared by…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy on Monday commissioned INS Mahe, the first vessel of the Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), marking a major milestone in India’s coastal defence and indigenous shipbuilding capability. The ceremony took place at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi, who presided over the commissioning, said, “Bravo…
A hostel watchman in Sangareddy district was removed from duty after being found inebriated and sleeping with his leg in a pot of cooked rice HYDERABAD: The Sangareddy district authorities removed a watchman from duties, as he was found in an inebriated condition, sleeping in the kitchen with one leg in a vessel containing cooked…
The United States has carried out a strike on another alleged drug smuggling vessel on October 17, killing three “terrorists” who were on board, department of war announced on Sunday.Department of war chief Pete Hegseth gave a warning to the drug-smuggler, saying that the military will hunt these organizations and kill them, just like Al…
The United States has targeted a vessel, accusing it of being affiliated with a “Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO)” conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility, just off the Coast of Venezuela, and killed six people who were on that boat, President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday. Trump claimed that defence secretary Pete Hegseth ordered…
The Israeli navy intercepted several boats from a flotilla trying to bring humanitarian goods to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, detaining activists on board—including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed.The flotilla is the latest sea-borne attempt to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza, much of which has been turned into a wasteland…
