This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the U.S. military has seized a Russian-flagged vessel.

A U.S. official says U.S. forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.

Russian submarine and warship are in the vicinity as the US operation unfolds, news report says.

Video appears to show a US Coast Guard ship sailing close to the Marinera, an empty oil tanker that has been trying to evade a US blockade near Venezuela. Footage published by…

This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the U.S. military has seized a Russian-flagged vessel.

The operation ratcheted up tensions with Moscow as the US flexes its military might in the Caribbean.

The seized ship, now named Marinera, is just one that Russia has reflagged to join its "dark" fleet.

The ships were boarded by US forces in predawn operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea.

New footage shows the US Coast Guard boarding two Venezuela tankers in “back-to-back” operations in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Video released by the White House on…

Operation comes days after US seized Russian-flagged tanker; US pledges to continue blockade following Maduro abduction.

US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials said, as Washington continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil.

The U.S. has seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as it works to control Venezuela's oil. It was "suspected of carrying embargoed oil."

WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it seized another tanker that tried to break an American naval blockade aimed at preventing sanctioned vessels from going to or departing…