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Washington, June 19 (IANS) The US forces lifted the blockade on all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas, the US Central Command said. "American forces are not impeding the transit of vessels to or from Iranian ports. All US military blockade enforcement efforts have ceased," the command wrote on X. US warships "will remain in the general area to make sure that all aspects of the agreement are adhered to, obeyed and in full force and effect," it added. The move came one day after the US signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, Xinhua news…

Washington, April 30 (IANS) The US military has announced that its forces have intercepted 42 vessels as part of its blockade to prevent maritime commerce from entering or exiting Iranian ports. "Today, US forces achieved a significant milestone after successfully redirecting the 42nd commercial vessel attempting to violate the blockade," US Central Commander Brad Cooper said in a statement posted on social media X on Wednesday (local time). He highlighted that the 41 tankers currently stranded as a result of the blockade hold an estimated 69 million barrels of oil, which is over 6 billion US dollars in potential revenue,…

Manila, Jan 11, Philippine Senator Imee Marcos has demanded an explanation from the government and military for the shipment of millions of gallons of fuel by the US Navy to Subic Bay in the Southeast Asian country. In a statement, citing data from several international shipping trackers, Marcos said the oil cargo was loaded at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on the US-registered tanker Yosemite Trader on December 20, 2023 and remained some 50 km west of Subic Bay as of Wednesday morning, reports Xinhua news agency. The US Embassy in the Philippines on Thursday confirmed that the American military transferred…

Washington, Dec 7, The US military said that it is grounding its entire fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, one week after an Air Force CV-22 crashed off the coast of Japan, killing eight US airmen onboard. In a statement, US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) commander Tony Bauernfeind has directed an operational standdown to "mitigate risk while the investigation continues" into the crash incident. On November 29, a CV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of Yakushima, an island in southern Japan, killing all the eight crew members of AFSOC, Xinhua news agency reported. "Preliminary investigation information indicates a potential…