The increase comes as the US amasses the largest fighting force in the Middle East since 2003. Read more at straitstimes.com.

U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said ...

U.S. forces, led by the Coast Guard, are now chasing a third oil tanker near Venezuela, sharply escalating a high-stakes crackdown aimed at the country’s sanctioned crude trade. The Coast Guard is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Coast Guard released video of one of its ships shadowing the Russian-flagged oil tanker Bella 1 in the North Atlantic ...

On Saturday, the Panama-flagged tanker Centuries was seized by the U.S., an action that may have required cooperation from Panama's government. China, a major buyer of crude oil from the region, ...

U.S. forces seized a sixth oil tanker on Thursday morning, the U.S. Southern Command confirmed. In a predawn raid, Marines and sailors launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in the ...

Falling tanker rates have temporarily improved demand for U.S. crude, helping lift benchmark prices as shipping costs to Asia ease. The relief is likely short-lived, with tanker market forecasts still ...