French Navy seizes Russian oil tanker | Al Jazeera

French Navy seizes Russian oil tanker | Al Jazeera

NewsFeed The French navy has released video of its forces seizing a sanctioned Russian-linked oil tanker called the Tagor, in the Atlantic Ocean, 700km west of France. The Kremlin says the ‘illegal’ act borders on ‘international piracy’, while Russia’s embassy in Paris has demanded information about its citizens on board. Published On 1 Jun 20261 … Read more

Iran seizes 2 foreign oil tankers in Persian Gulf, state media says

Iran seizes 2 foreign oil tankers in Persian Gulf, state media says

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Thursday, state television reported, claiming the vessels had been smuggling fuel. The report did not provide a nationality of the tankers or say what flag they were flying under. Gen. Heidar Honarian Mojarrad, a regional commander with the Revolutionary … Read more

Guernsey seizes nearly £9m from ‘cryptoqueen’

Guernsey seizes nearly £9m from ‘cryptoqueen’

A fugitive wanted by US authorities has had her assets confiscated by Guernsey’s government. Guernsey’s Royal Court determined Dr Ruja Ignatova, 45, had £8.59m plus interest held in an account at RBS International in Guernsey, in the name of Aquitaine Group Limited. Ignatova, known as the Missing Cryptoqueen, has not been seen in eight years, … Read more

Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly $1bn in the Arabian Sea

Pakistan navy seizes drugs worth nearly bn in the Arabian Sea

Narcotics worth more than $972m seized in two separate operations carried out within 48 hours. Published On 22 Oct 202522 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The Pakistani navy, operating as part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), has seized nearly $1bn worth of narcotics from two vessels sailing through … Read more

Sudan’s army seizes control of central bank amid steady gains in Khartoum

Sudan’s army seizes control of central bank amid steady gains in Khartoum

The capture of the bank comes a day after Sudanese army forces celebrated the seizure of the presidential palace. The Sudanese army claims to have seized control of the main headquarters of the country’s central bank from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as it continues to make advances in the capital. Nabil Abdallah, an … Read more

Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable

Norway Seizes Russian-Crewed Ship Suspected of Cutting an Undersea Cable

The authorities in Norway have seized a Russian-crewed ship that is suspected of damaging an undersea cable in an act of sabotage in the Baltic Sea, the Norwegian police said on Friday. They were acting on a request from the Latvian authorities and on an order issued in Norwegian courts, the police said in a … Read more

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions

Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders’ assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions. A Russian court has ordered the seizure of the assets, accounts, property and shares of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank in the country as part of a lawsuit involving the German banks, court documents showed. The banks … Read more

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