U.S. intercepts sanctioned tanker in Indian Ocean after Caribbean chase

U.S. military forces boarded the sanctioned tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean as part of a sanctions-driven oil quarantine on Venezuela; the Panamanian-flagged vessel, tied to illicit Russian oil shipments, is being held as its fate is decided, with ships including the USS Pinckney, USS John Finn and USS Miguel Keith involved in the operation.