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The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has revealed the scale of disruption unfolding across global shipping, with around 3,200 vessels and nearly 20,000 seafarers currently stranded west of the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards have declared the Strait of Hormuz closed, warning that any vessel attempting to pass will be targeted, according to Iranian state media.

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In what officials are calling a deliberate act, a 50-year-old German cruise passenger died on February 6 after falling from the Costa Smeralda while the vessel was docked at Pier 12 in the Port of Civitavecchia.

The U.S. military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone after it flew toward the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).