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AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports some members of Congress are calling for an update on the oil cargo from a U.S. ship that is believed to have been tranferred to another tanker off the east coast of Texas.

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A tanker believed to hold sanctioned Iran oil starts offloading near Texas despite Tehran's threats
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Sat,08/19/23-10:39PM , 65 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker long suspected of carrying sanctioned Iranian crude oil offloaded its cargo near Texas on Sunday, tracking data showed, even as Tehran has threatened to target shipping in the Persian Gulf over it.
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In this picture released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, left, speaks during a joint news briefing with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. Iran's foreign minister traveled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking the first trip to the kingdom by Tehran's top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente with Chinese mediation. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

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Iran's foreign minister visits Saudi Arabia on first such trip in years as tensions ease
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Thu,08/17/23-5:24AM , 186 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's foreign minister traveled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking the first trip to the kingdom by Tehran's top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a détente with Chinese mediation.
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Taliban flags fly at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 9, 2021. Two years on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cuts time and burned fuel for East-West travel. But those flights shortening routes for India and Southeast Asia raise questions never answered during the Taliban's previous rule from the 1990s to the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

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Who wants to fly over Taliban-held Afghanistan? New FAA rules allow it, but planes largely avoid it
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Wed,08/16/23-12:16AM , 143 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two years after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the United States has begun easing rules that could allow commercial airlines to fly over the country in routes that cut time and fuel consumption for East-West travel.
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In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan travels through the Red Sea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday, Aug. 12, warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Riley Gasdia/U.S. Navy, via AP)

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Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high
By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press
Sat,08/12/23-9:47AM , 511 Reads
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S.
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