US strikes Iranian oil tankers amid escalating tensions

33 min agoAfter five days in Thailand, the nuclear-powered USS Abraham Lincoln departed Sunday to continue its deployment. The carrier and its 5,000-member crew had been conducting naval operations and enforcing a blockade as part of ongoing conflict with Iran.

49 min agoIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said it struck three oil tankers traveling through unauthorised routes in the Strait of Hormuz and three US-affiliated vessels in other areas. Iran said its forces attacked a US naval drone trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz.

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3 h agoUS Central Command said it hit three Iranian crude oil carriers. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to destroy and sink Iran's oil tankers if Tehran fires on American naval vessels, saying Iran's fleet is undefended and lacks air and naval forces to resist.

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