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A U.S.-flagged tanker, Stena Imperative, was hailed by Iranian Revolutionary Guards gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz and ordered to stop, but it accelerated and continued toward Bahrain under U.S. military escort; UKMTO warned vessels to transit with caution. The incident highlights ongoing U.S.-Iran tension ahead of expected talks.
The US military released a video showing a Chinese navy ship cutting across the path of USS Chung-Hoon and Canada’s HMCS Montreal in the Taiwan Strait, forcing the American destroyer to slow to avoid collision. The Chinese vessel came within 150 yards of the US and Canadian ships during a routine freedom-of-navigation exercise. China claims Taiwan as its own territory and maintains the Taiwan Strait is part of its economic zone. The near miss in the Taiwan Strait came two weeks after what US officials called an “unnecessarily aggressive” encounter between Chinese and American military aircraft over the South China Sea.
The US military has released a video showing a Chinese warship executing maneuvers in an unsafe manner and coming within 150 yards of the USS Chung-Hoon in the Taiwan Strait. China defended its actions, saying it always respects international law. The incident is the latest in a long series of flare-ups between the two countries over Taiwan. The US accused China of violating maritime "rules of the road" and warned that a lack of high-level communication with Beijing risks a flare-up that could "spiral out of control."