BERLIN - Germany has pledged additional measures to further counter Russia's so-called \"shadow fleet\" operating in the ...

Germany has increased checks on tankers in the Baltic Sea as it seeks to deter Russia’s shadow fleet of ageing vessels from circumventing western oil sanctions.

LONDON/ATHENS - A limpet mine may have caused a blast that damaged a Greek tanker sailing off Libya's coast last week, the fifth such incident to hit commercial shipping in the region in recent months ...

Similar sabotage acts previously affected NATO member states, including Sweden, such as the cutting of key underwater ...

The number of Swedes and Danes moving to the other side of the bridge has risen by more than 60%. Plus, the link has helped ...

Sailors aboard the Royal Navy flagship wrote letters home to their families “saying what might happen” during a crucial leg of their global mission.

Maritime security has always been a contest of perception as much as presence. This week, that contest came to the fore in one of the world’s most scrutinised and symbolically loaded waterways: the ...

"By closing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran will simply shoot itself in the head. First, in such a case, Iran would simply have ...

The strait carries 20% of global oil, and its instability threatens higher oil prices, inflation and slower GDP growth ...

Rates for big tankers braving the Middle East Gulf have come down from year-high levels, as the Iran-Israel ceasefire takes ...

Russia’s so-called “national treasure” is in dire financial straits. Putin’s much-hyped “pivot to ... The Nord Stream pipelines through the Baltic Sea are out of service. Both the new German ...

In reality, the 5% mark seems out of reach for most European countries. Only Germany has a clear plan to reach 3.5% military ...