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(Eagle News)–The Department of Migrant Workers has confirmed there were four Filipinos on board the container ship with links to Israel recently seized by Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf. The DMW said the Filipinos worked as seafarers of the MSC Aries, which, international reports said, was boarded by the Iranian authorities as it navigated the Strait of Hormuz. “Upon directive of the President, we are in touch with the families of our dear seafarers […]
Ten sailors aboard two U.S. Navy boats were seized by Iran in the Gulf on Tuesday (January 12), and Tehran told the United States the crew members would be promptly returned, U.S. officials said. A senior U.S. defense official said the U.S. had lost contact earlier in the day with two small craft en route from Kuwait to Bahrain. U.S. officials told Reuters it was unclear how or if the boats became disabled. Iranian Foreign […]
U.S. Republican presidential candidates reacted on Tuesday (January 12) to reports Iran detained 10 U.S. sailors who were traveling from Kuwait to Bahrain. Plans are in place for Iran to return the sailors to a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters early Wednesday (January 13), a U.S. defense official said late Tuesday. Republican front-runner Donald Trump said the sailors’ capture was an indictment on the state of U.S. policies. “They said they’re going to release […]
