Areas of Risk
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North Korea Launches Two Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Towards Sea of Japan as ‘Warning’ to South Korea
July 26: North Korea says the two new short-range ballistic missiles it launched Thursday [July 25] toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, were intended to […]
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Ukraine Seizes Russian Tanker in Black Sea in Response to Flotilla Clash Last Year
July 25: Ukraine seized a Russian tanker anchored in the Black Sea on Thursday, freeing the crew but holding onto the vessel in apparent retaliation for Russia’s capture of Ukrainian […]
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Call for Dialogue in 10-Day Balboa Port Workers’ Strike in Panama
July 26: The worker’ strike in the Balboa port in Panama is more than ten days old, and at the Friday installation of the Logistics Cabinet presided over by Vice […]
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Brazilian Court Orders Refueling of Iranian Vessels Stranded in Imbituba Due to US Sanctions
July 25: Brazil’s top court on Thursday ordered state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA to refuel two Iranian grain vessels stranded on the Brazilian coast due to U.S. sanctions holding […]
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UK Military to Escort All British-Flagged Vessels Through Strait of Hormuz
July 25: The U.K. has announced that the Royal Navy will begin escorting all British-flagged sea traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement comes amid rising tensions between the […]
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2 Soldiers Killed, 1 Likely Kidnapped, From Houseboat In Azagbene Creek Area of Nigeria
July 22: At approx. 16:00 LT, an unknown number of suspected militants reportedly attacked troops deployed at SPDC houseboat in the Azagbene community, Ekeremor LGA of Bayelsa State. Two soldiers […]
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ReCAAP Issues Guidance on Abduction of Crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and Waters off Eastern Sabah
July 26: The ReCAAP ISC has produced the Guidance on Abduction of Crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and Waters off Eastern Sabah. Between 2016 and 2019, a total of 29 […]
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42kg Cocaine Seized on Vessel in Port Purcell, Tortola, BVI
July 25: Police and customs officers seized 44.2 kilograms of cocaine last Thursday aboard a boat named Krautsand at Port Purcell (Tortola, British Virgin Islands), the Police Information Office reported. […]
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Brazil Seized Record Volume of Cocaine So Far In 2019, Mostly in Santos Port
July 23: Brazil seized 25.3 tons of cocaine bound for Europe and Africa in the first half of 2019, up more than 90 percent on the same period last year, […]
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Yemen Government and Houthi Rebels Board UN Ship to Discuss Hodeidah Troop Withdrawal
July 15: Negotiators from Yemen’s internationally recognised government and Houthi rebels boarded a UN ship in the Red Sea on Sunday to resume talks on a troop withdrawal from the […]
