Maersk Line, the Danish shipper that chartered a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel which Iranian forces have captured, said the reason for stopping the ship could be related to a 2005 cargo case. Maersk Line spokesman Michael Storgaard said the company learned Thursday that an Iranian ...
Maersk says it does not employ the crew or own the vessel seized by Iran (AFP Photo/Ed Jones)/ Copenhagen (AFP) - Danish shipping group A.P. Moeller-Maersk on Thursday urged Iran to release the crew of a chartered cargo vessel seized by Iran over a 10-year cargo dispute with an Iranian company./ ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish shipper Maersk Line that chartered a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel which Iranian forces have seized says the reason for stopping MV Maersk Tigris could be related to a 2005 cargo case. Maersk Line spokesman Michael Storgaard says they "learned" Thursday ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Iran's embassy in Denmark said the Maersk Tigris vessel that Iranian forces seized on Tuesday would only be released once the Danish shipping company settled debts in a long-running dispute over cargo. The statement, which was dated April 29 but posted on Thursday, asserts ...
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the New York University Center on International Cooperation in New York on April 29./ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says negotiators from Tehran and six world powers will start drafting a final nuclear agreement on the ...
The Pentagon said Wednesday that the U.S. would "be able to respond" if necessary to help a Marshall Islands-flagged ship that was diverted, and boarded, a day earlier by Iran -- though it remains unclear how far the U.S. Navy might be willing to go if the tense situation escalates. Obama ...
A top Iranian official said Wednesday that a foreign cargo ship had been seized in the Persian Gulf because it had a history of "peculiar" activity./ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, speaking at New York University, stressed that his country is committed to upholding the freedom of ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's Maersk said on Thursday it insists on the release of the crew of the Maersk Tigris vessel, being held by Iranian authorities, and said it now assumed its seizure was related to a 2005 court case over uncollected cargo from Dubai. The case had been rumbling since ...
An Iranian military helicopter flies over Revolutionary Guards' fast boats during naval exercises in the Gulf on April 22, 2010 (AFP Photo/Mehdi Marizad)/ Copenhagen (AFP) - Danish shipping group A.P. Moeller-Maersk said Wednesday that the crew of a chartered cargo vessel seized by Iran was ...
By Sabina Zawadzki, Jonathan Saul and Louis Charbonneau/ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at the New York University (NYU) Center on International Cooperation in New York April 29, 2015./ (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister told an audience in New York City on Wednesday that ...
missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in heavy seas in the Atlantic Ocean. It is now in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, where the Iranian navy forced the container ship Maersk Tigris deeper into Iranian waters and is still holding it. (Aaron Chase/U.S. ...
Mohammad Javad Zarif, Foreign Minister of Iran speaks at New York University Kimmel Center on April 29, 2015 in New York (AFP Photo/Kena Betancur)/ New York (AFP) - Iran is willing to submit to the highest level of international transparency on its nuclear program and wants to conclude a final ...
In this Jan. 19, 2012 file photo, a plane flies over the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces as it was ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Iran's foreign minister says his country and world powers will meet Thursday to start bringing together the elements of a draft on a comprehensive nuclear deal. He also says meetings will start on Monday in Europe to finalize all its elements. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told an ...
Iranian maritime authorities said Wednesday that Iran seized a ship carrying cargo for Denmark's giant Maersk group under a legal ruling over a longstanding commercial dispute./ Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel Maersk Tigris on Tuesday in ...
The operator of a cargo ship boarded by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz said Wednesday that the crew onboard the ship is safe, but the company is still trying to determine why the ship was seized by Iran. The Marshall Islands-flagged MV Maresk Tigris was en route ...
BERLIN (AP) — The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz said Wednesday it has confirmed the crew is safe but that the company is still trying to determine why the ship was seized the previous day by Iran./ The MV ...
Sailors on Maersk Tigris are in good condition but confined to cabins/ DUBAI—The owner of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship said Wednesday it had made contact with the crew, a day after Iran seized the vessel in the Persian Gulf. Rickmers Shipmanagement, the Singapore-based global shipping ...
The Danish shipping crew aboard the Maersk Tigris is reportedly safe and 'in good spirits' a day after Iranian authorities sized the vessel in the Persian Gulf. The United States has sent military vessels to monitor the situation. Sabina Zawadzki, Jonathan Saul, and Louis Charbonneau/ Iran's ...
missile destroyer USS Farragut is shown in this undated photo operating in heavy seas in the Atlantic Ocean./ (Reuters) - Iranian Revolutionary Guards forces boarded a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf on Tuesday after patrol boats fired warning shots across its bow and ordered it ...
The U.S. weighed its options as a Navy destroyer and three patrol boats continued to monitor a cargo ship flying the flag of the Marshall Islands that was seized by Iranian naval forces, officials said. “We are in discussions now with the Marshall Islands to determine the best way forward,” Army ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian patrol vessels fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel that was traversing the Strait of Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the cargo ship's ...
Iran's Zarif offers assurances on freedom of navigation * Mainly Asian, Eastern Europe crew "in relatively good" state * Maersk Tigris seized in international sea lane -crew firm * Iran says court ordered seizure over undelivered cargo * Incident in oil-shipping Gulf strait stirs tension (Adds ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Iranian patrol vessels have fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel that was traversing the Strait of Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the cargo ship's ...
Iranian warships regularly conduct military drills in the Strait of Hormuz -- where a third of the world's traded oil supplies pass through the narrow sea passage (AFP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)/ Washington (AFP) - Iranian naval ships fired across the bow of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials from the United States and the Marshall Islands are discussing "the way ahead" after Iranian patrol boats forcibly diverted a cargo ship flying a Marshall Islands flag into an anchorage in Iranian waters, the Pentagon said on Wednesday./ A U.S. Navy destroyer, ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Maersk said on Wednesday Iranian authorities had told it the Maersk Tigris vessel had been seized over an unresolved claim, but as it had not received any documents it could not confirm this had been the reason for Iran's actions. Iranian patrol boats on Tuesday fired ...
Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday offered assurances that Tehran is committed to maintaining freedom of navigation in the Gulf in the aftermath of the seizure of a commercial ship by Iranian forces a day earlier. "The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation," ...
Iran's foreign minister on Wednesday offered assurances that Tehran is committed to maintaining freedom of navigation in the Gulf in the aftermath of the seizure of a commercial ship by Iranian forces a day earlier. "The Persian Gulf is our lifeline ... We will respect international navigation," ...
In this Jan. 19, 2012 photo, a plane flies over the mountains in south of the Strait of Hormuz as the trading dhows and ships are docked on the Persian Gulf waters near the town of Khasab, in Oman. Even as sanctions squeeze Iran ever tighter, there's one clandestine route that remains open for ...
Mainly Asian, E.European crew "in relatively good" state * Maersk Tigris seized in international sea lane -crew firm * Iran says court ordered seizure over undelivered cargo * Incident in oil-shipping Gulf strait stirs tension (Updates with comment on ship's location when seized, legal issue, ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish shipping company Maersk said on Wednesday the crew of the Maersk Tigris container ship were safe and "in good spirits" after Iranian authorities seized the ship in international waters the previous day. Maersk said it was in dialogue with the Danish Foreign Ministry ...
A cargo ship seized by Iran's Revolutionary Guards forces is being escorted to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas after it was approached in international waters, the shipping line which is hiring the vessel said on Tuesday. "According to our information the vessel is currently being escorted ...
Naval units from Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a cargo ship in the Gulf on Tuesday for legal reasons, an IRGC source was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA. The report, which described the ship as "an American cargo vessel with a Marshall Islands flag", ...
Iranian forces fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters, boarded the ship and directed it toward the Iranian mainland, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. The incident, which prompted ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday said Iran's interception of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel appeared to be a "provocative" act, but U.S. officials did not have all the facts surrounding the incident. Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the decision by Iranian ...
Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said an Iranian "force" seized a U.S. cargo ship after opening fire on it in the Gulf on Tuesday and directed it to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. A Pentagon spokesman said Iranian forces had boarded a Marshall Island-flagged vessel, the MV Maersk Tigris, in ...
WASHINGTON — A Pentagon official says Iranian patrol vessels have fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel that was traversing the Strait of Hormuz in Iranian territorial waters. Col. Steve Warren, a Pentagon spokesman, said the cargo ship’s master had ...
The ship manager for the container vessel boarded by Iranian forces declined to comment on the status of the vessel on Tuesday. The Pentagon said earlier that the Marshall Islands-flagged Maersk Tigris was boarded by Iranian forces in the Gulf. The Maersk Tigris is managed by Singapore-based ...
The Iranian navy seized a ship on Tuesday at the request of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, the English-language service of Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported. "The ship is a trade vessel and has been seized by the Iranian navy," said Fars, citing what it called an informed ...
An incident involving a cargo vessel in the Gulf on Tuesday has no military or political dimension, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported an unidentified source as saying. "This has no relation to military or political matters, but rather to civil matters that the ports authority can ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Rickmers Shipmanagement, the Singapore-based company that has chartered the Maersk Tigris, said Iranian officials fired warning shots at the container ship and boarded it on Tuesday. Spokesman Cor Radings told Danish TV2 news channel the company was concerned for the 24 ...
TEHRAN – An official at Iran’s Ports and Sailing Organization announced on Wednesday that a Maersk ship was arrested in the Strait of Hormuz by the Islamic Republic because of some unpaid debt. The company Maersk Line owes some money to Iran and a court has ruled that the tanker company should ...
Iranian military ships fired across the bow of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday and forced it to head to Iranian territory, US officials said. The cargo ship had last made a stop at the Red Sea port of Jeddah, on the Saudi Arabian coast, ...
A baby rescued from her dying mother's womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned./ Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday./ Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a ...
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A brawl involving three people on a busy Los Angeles freeway was captured on video earlier this week and shared with KTLA. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. Tuesday on the 10 Freeway near Normandie Avenue in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood, according to “I was stuck in traffic and came upon a ...
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court in Los Angeles, Oct. 4 2022. (Etienne Laurent/Pool Photo via AP, File)/ NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned ’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with ...
The CCTV footage shown at the domestic abuse trial was disturbing: The defendant is seen dragging his wife by her hair, and then punching and kicking her. Hours after it was recorded, she died of brain trauma. The trial of businessman Kuandyk Bishimbayev, Kazakhstan's former economy minister, in ...
In interviews with investigators last year, former aides and national security officials who were close to Trump in the White House described a president who could erupt in anger when presented with intelligence he didn't want to hear, who routinely reviewed and stored classified information in ...
Bettersten Wade speaks to the attendees of her son Dexter Wade's funeral service in Jackson, Miss. Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Looking on are the Rev. Al Sharpton, right, who delivered the eulogy, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, background, and one of her son's daughters, Jaselyn Thomas. Bettersten ...
A mother will search anywhere for her missing child. And while she has the strength, she will never stop./ For four days Kareema Elras has moved through the noise, dust and overpowering stench of the mass graves at Nasser hospital./ She is the mother of 21-year-old Ahmed, who was killed on 25 ...
This undated photo provided by University of Wisconsin Marketing & Communications, shows UW-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow. The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Interim Chancellor Betsy Morgan has started the process in late March 2024, to strip Gow, the former chancellor who was fired over his ...
Satellite images show two new tent encampments in southern Gaza as reports suggest Israel's military is preparing for an offensive in the city of Rafah./ Rafah, by the border with Egypt, is the only city in Gaza it has not yet entered. Well over a million people have been sheltering there for ...