Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as ship is seized, another is sunk

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A ship anchored off the United Arab Emirates was seized and taken toward Iran and another — a cargo ship near Oman — sank after being attacked, authorities said Thursday, as tensions escalated near the Strait of Hormuz. It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway and another said it had a right to seize oil tankers connected to the U.S. The turmoil in the strait, which a fifth of the world’s oil passed through before the […]... Keep on reading: Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as ship is seized, another is sunk

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