Venezuela protests to the United Nations Security Council over the United States recent seizure of one of its oil tankers.

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.

The Iranian embassy in Caracas says the US seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela is piracy in the Caribbean Sea.

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized a tanker off the southern coast of Makran after receiving a judicial order.

Yemeni officials have confirmed a new escalation in the Red Sea.

Yemen’s Armed Forces have carried out a missile strike on an Israeli oil tanker in the Red Sea for breaching a ban on ships bound for ports in the Israeli-occupied territories imposed in solidarity with Gaza.