Justice Department charges cargo being sold by IRGC to China, violating sanctions; says is 1st successful disruption of major crude shipment by Corps using US criminal law

Move marks major step in preventing disastrous spill or explosion in key shipping lane after years of frantic warnings from governments and environmental groups

Attack is the latest in a string of attempts by the Islamic Republic to seize commercial vessels passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz

Arrival of Ndeavor, which set off from neighboring Djibouti, is the first step in a weeks-long effort to avert a major oil spill

US Navy releases video from capture of Panamanian-flagged ship, says IRGC's harassment of vessels 'contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability'

Marshall Islands-flagged, Turkey-managed ship had just come from Kuwait and was heading to Texas, Navy says, noting that Tehran's actions are 'contrary to international law'

Technicians take debris for analysis, find it to be same model Iran has supplied to Russia amid Ukraine invasion; officials say it was launched from IRGC base

Western and Israeli security sources say Shahed-136 'suicide drone' was fired at Pacific Zircon from Iranian territory; Israeli source: 'Iranians no longer hiding behind proxies'

Liberian-flagged Pacific Zircon targeted Tuesday night, Mideast-based defense official says; suspicion falls on Iran, which doesn't confirm the incident

Revolutionary guards board foreign flagged vessel; official says captain and crew taken into custody, incident being investigated