In the early hours of Dec. 22, 2024, fishermen working in the Talara Sea in northern Peru hauled in their nets. But instead ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized two overseas-registered tankers in the Persian Gulf accused of fuel smuggling.

Iran has a history of responding to action by its Western foes with retaliation. In January last year, its armed forces ...

When crews arrived, they discovered a substantial amount of home heating oil pouring from a drainage pipe into the river. Firefighters traced the source of the spill by inspecting multiple catch ...

An oil spill in northwestern Ecuador has turned a river black, prompting authorities to declare an environmental emergency amid "unprecedented" damage and to order residents to ration drinking ...

President Jimmy Carter kept the oil-for-security arrangement alive even after the Saudis nationalized their energy industry in 1980, with a new foreign-policy doctrine that guarded Persian Gulf ...

But new technologies are helping to change that, revealing hidden oil spills, speeding up the discovery of new species and uncovering how light pollution impacts marine life. Uncovering hidden oil ...

It is currently unclear how much has been released, but oil spills can harm or kill marine wildlife and affect fishing and communities if they reach the coast. Experts say jet fuels are generally ...

Iran, Russia and China have begun joint naval drills in the Gulf of Oman, marking the fifth year the three countries have conducted military drills together. China’s CGTN news said that the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. British officials were concerned about possible environmental damage Tuesday and looking for answers a day ...

However, unlike oil spills it does burn off much easier and much of the cargo may already have been destroyed in the ferocious blaze which engulfed the ship. The chemical make up of jet fuel also ...