The U.S ... 31 new actions against four companies and four linked vessels, which it said are helping Venezuela evade oil export sanctions. In a Dec ... ....
The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag... .
The tanker, which had been sailing to Venezuela to pick up oil, has claimed Russian protection, although the U.S. authorities say it is a stateless vessel ... .
Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The Revolutionary Guard naval forces captured the vessel, which was carrying some 25,000 barrels of smuggled fuel, according to a report Friday by the official IRNA news agency....