US Fires a Hellfire Missile at Another Commercial Ship Attempting To Reach Iran

'Going Dark': The High-Tech Tricks Behind Illegal Chinese Fishing In The Pacific Authored by AAP via The Epoch Times, The interception of a Chinese vessel accused of illegal fishing highlights the technical lengths many use to remain undetected across millions of square kilometres of open ocean. Tuvalu Police operating on a Sea Shepherd patrol boat boarded and arrested a Chinese longliner, the Lu Rong Yuan Yu 138, on July 9 for allegedly illegally operating within the small South Pacific nation's waters. In a supplied image, fish found on board Chinese longlining vessel, the...

In Scramble To Open Up Hormuz, France & Italy Open Talks With Iran After India's Request Amid very confused and mixed messaging coming from Washington over the status and future fate of Hormuz oil transit, the EU is trying its hand at a solution. France ⁠and ⁠Italy have ​opened 'tentative' talks ‌with Iran ‌seeking ⁠to ⁠negotiate a deal to ​guarantee safe ​passage for their tankers ⁠through vital strait which remains a crucial chokepoint for stalled global crude transit, the ​Financial ⁠Times reports Friday, citing people briefed on ⁠the efforts. This comes as...