New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Indian Navy successfully thwarted a major attempted act of piracy in the Western Indian Ocean after receiving intelligence inputs about suspicious pirate activity targeting the merchant vessel MV Mashaallah 1, officials said on Wednesday. According to the Navy, pirates were allegedly preparing to surround and target the merchant vessel when naval personnel launched a swift operation to intercept and neutralise the threat before any attack could take place.Officials s…
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Washington, May 5 (IANS) The United States has launched a military mission to break what it calls Iran’s blockade of commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, deploying warships and aircraft to escort vessels through one of the world’s most critical oil routes.US Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth said the operation, dubbed “Project Freedom”, was ordered by President Donald Trump to “restart the free flow of commerce through the Strait of Hormuz.”He described the mission as “defensi…
United Nations, April 29 (IANS) India has condemned the attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, which is vital to its energy and economic security, and called for restoring free navigation.“Commercial shipping must not be the target of military attacks, and such attempts are deplorable”, India’s Deputy Permanent Representative Yojna Patel told the Security Council on Tuesday.Patel did not mention any country by name but alluded to Iran by recalling that India co-sponsored a…
Tehran, April 19 (IANS) The Navy of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said that the Strait of Hormuz has been blocked since Saturday evening and will not reopen until the United States lifts its naval blockade on the waterway.In a statement carried by its official news outlet Sepah News, the IGRC said that the move came after the United States violated its commitments under the two-week ceasefire, which took effect on April 8, and failed to end its naval blockade against Iranian vess…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The maritime security situation in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman has deteriorated sharply as of Thursday. According to the latest update from the Information Fusion Centre-Indian Ocean Region, the region has witnessed a surge in attacks on commercial shipping amid ongoing military hostilities. Five lives have been lost in these incidents. Casualties were reported from vessels including Hercules Star, which was struck near Mina Saqr in the UAE on M…