IMO Head Insists Middle East Conflict Is No Pretext to Target Seafarers
The head of the UN maritime agency issued an alert regarding escalating attacks on shipping in key Middle East waterways linked to the US-Iran conflict.
- UN maritime agency head Arsenio Dominguez addressed attacks on shipping linked to the US-Iran war.
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- UN News — World News in Brief: Shipping alert from IMO, democracy vanishing in Nicaragua, alert over political ‘denialism’
- Euronews — No comment from Riyadh on oil delivery cancellations as scale of disruption remains unclear
- Euronews — Yemen's Houthis claim they shot down Saudi fighter jet, deny targeting Mecca
- France 24 — 'Axis of Iranian centrality' remains "one of more destabilising forces in the region", expert says
- CNBC — Oil prices rise after Saudi Arabia shuts down critical pipeline that bypasses Strait of Hormuz
- The Independent — Iran-US war latest: Trump dodges blame for rising prices as he makes fresh claim on peace talks