Israel's military says it has conducted a joint exercise with U.S. Special Forces simulating the retaking of a hijacked ship

Turkey's state-run news agency says a second Turkish drillship has started drilling for gas off ethnically divided Cyprus, in an area where the Cypriot government says it has exclusive economic rights

Egypt's foreign minister says hydrocarbon finds in the eastern Mediterranean have bolstered an already "strong partnership" with neighboring Cyprus

Iran's Revolutionary Guard releases new video showing seizure of British-flagged tanker earlier in July

Iranian president suggests Iran might release British-flagged ship if UK takes similar steps on Iranian oil tanker

Britain's foreign secretary says he rejects Iran's attempt to link its seizure of a British-flagged tanker to a July 4 incident in which British marines helped take control of an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar

Report: Iran says it seized a British oil tanker over a collision with a fishing boat

UK Chamber of Shipping CEO Bob Sanguinetti says the seizure of a British oil tanker by Iranian forces represents an escalation in tensions in the Persian Gulf that makes it clear more protection for merchant vessels is urgently needed

Iran's state TV says Revolutionary Guard forces have seized a foreign oil tanker with 12 crew accused of smuggling oil

Iranians feeling the squeeze from US sanctions increasingly turning to digital currencies like Bitcoin to make money