A Panama-flagged oil tanker was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. India's Foreign Ministry says 12 crew members were injured by an unidentified projectile. Oman evacuated 10 crew from the vessel.
A Panama-flagged oil tanker was hit by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, with smoke seen rising from the vessel, according to maritime security firm Ambrey.
Netanyahu speaks tonight at 9:00 PM Israel time at the UN General Assembly in New York. On the sidelines he meets the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Panama and Ethiopia, Colombia's vice president, and the prime ministers of Greece, Slovenia and Papua New Guinea.
Panama, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia will receive $52 million in U.S. military aid pulled from Slovakia, North Macedonia, Tunisia and Iraq under a Trump administration shift.
Counter narcotics work, security for the Panama Canal, and blocking strategic rivals in the Western Hemisphere are the stated purposes, per the State Department.
CENTCOM: The IRGC claim that a Panama-flagged tanker hit a naval mine in the Strait of Hormuz is false.
The tanker El Gaia was disabled by an Iranian missile last month, then struck again by an Iranian drone this weekend off the coast of Oman. A regional partner is now towing it.
NEW: U.S. forces fired on a Panama-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman Tuesday after it tried to breach the American blockade of Iranian ports.
A U.S. helicopter hit the vessel's rudder, sparking a fire that was later put out. Maritime security firm Vanguard identified the ship as the Vela Nova.
All 17 crew members are accounted for. No casualties reported.
