The Marinera, which was seized by the U.S., isn’t the only ship from the “shadow fleet” of oil tankers to switch lately to a Russian identity, seeking protection.

Russia formally asked the United States to halt pursuit of Venezuelan oil tanker Marinera after the vessel escaped U.S. Coast Guard interception in the Caribbean.

An expert in international maritime law spells out what the international law of the sea has to say on incidents of this sort.

The Arctic is heating up again as melting ice opens new routes and raises the stakes over resources and control.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has banned the use of the Russian flag and other national symbols at the 2026 Olympic Games.

But in a social media post on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said that Venezuela would send 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil, about two months’ worth of daily production, to the United States, and that he would control profits from the sale of the oil “to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States.”

Global tensions surge as US forces mobilise to intercept a Russian-flagged tanker near Scotland, prompting Moscow to deploy naval defences and sparking fears of a third world war.

There has been a sharp rise in shadow fleet tankers switching to the Russian flag in the past month, with at least 17 vessels having done so in recent weeks