Wednesday, 11 February 2026
The Pentagon on Monday said US forces boarded a sanctioned Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean.
France's AFP news agency reported that US forces seized the tanker after releasing a social media post announcing that the Aquila II had been "boarded without incident."
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