Several cruise lines have canceled their voyages or changed their itineraries in the Middle East due to ongoing safety issues amid the Iran conflict. Celestyal Cruises — an Athens-based company offering itineraries through the Greek Islands, as well as the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea — canceled all its April sailings, as two of its […]
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Ships accused of stealing Ukrainian grain linked to Assad regime front
Editor’s Note: This story was authored by Mohammad Bassiki (SIRAJ), Selma Mhaoud, and Shaya Laughlin, and published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The Kyiv Independent, a member center of OCCRP, is republishing it with permission. Key findings: Records reveal that the government of Bashar – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the […]
Crimea’s Striletska Bay ‘practically empty’ of Russian Black Sea Fleet ships, Ukraine’s partisans say
Striletska Bay in occupied Sevastopol, once a key base for Russian warships in Crimea, is now nearly empty and used primarily for mooring tugboats and small patrol craft, the Atesh partisan group reported on July 8. According to the group, Russia now uses the bay mainly for maintenance work and rare anti-sabotage defense drills, having […]
Navy’s carrier fleet faces temporary reduction through 2027 as new ships hit development snags
The U.S. Navy will drop from 11 to 10 aircraft carriers for about a year once the USS Nimitz is decommissioned next year, as recent budget documents show a new carrier will be delayed from its original delivery date. According to the Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget estimates, Newport News Shipbuilders was […]
Trump extends US sanctions on Russian ships for another year
U.S. President Donald Trump has extended sanctions on Russian and Russian-affiliated vessels, according to a U.S. Federal Register document released on April 15 and scheduled for publication on April 17. Trump has “been continually frustrated” with both Ukraine and Russia as U.S.-led ceasefire negotiations drag on, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on […]