A U.S. Navy guided-missile cruiser seized a large illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in international water of the North Arabian Sea, the U.S. 5th Fleet said over…
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France, Britain Send Patrol Boats to Jersey in Post-Brexit Fishing Row
By Christian Lowe PARIS, May 6 (Reuters) – France and Britain deployed maritime patrol vessels to the waters off the Channel island of Jersey on Thursday as a dispute over post-Brexit fishing…
GET THE **** OUT – Philippines Foreign Minister Issues Expletive-Laced Tweet Over South China Sea Dispute
MANILA, May 3 (Reuters) – The Philippine foreign minister on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of disputed waters, marking the latest exchange…
U.S. Navy Accuses Iran Revolutionary Guards of Harassing USCG Ships in Arabian Gulf
The U.S. Navy has accused Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels of harrassing U.S. Coast Guard ships in international waters in the southern Arabian Gulf. The Navy said the incident occurred April…
China Commissions New Navy Warships
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China deployed its first advanced amphibious assault ship and two other new vessels in a commissioning ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping, local media reported. The…
U.S. Joins Search for Missing Submarine with Time Running Out
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman and Ajeng Dinar Ulfiani BANYUWANGI, Indonesia, April 23 (Reuters) – Rescue teams were battling against time on Friday to find a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the…
President Biden Nominates Vice Adm. Linda Fagan to Serve as Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard
President Biden has nominated Vice Admiral Linda L. Fagan to serve as Vice Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. If confirmed, Vice Adm. Fagan would be the first female four-star…
U.S. Navy Decommissions USS Bonhomme Richard After Fire
The U.S. Navy held a decommissioning ceremony for the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) at Naval Base San Diego on Wednesday after last July’s devastating fire which…
China Tests Biden Administration in South China Sea
By Andreo Calonzo and Philip J. Heijmans (Bloomberg) — Based on the official view from Beijing, the Philippines has no reason to worry about Chinese fishing boats sitting along a disputed…
Philippines Protests ‘Threatening Presence’ of Chinese Vessels in Disputed South China Sea Waters
MANILA, March 22 (Reuters) – The Philippines complained to China on Monday about what it described as the “swarming and threatening presence” of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the…