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Australia, Japan sign deal for Japanese-designed warships

Australia, Japan sign deal for Japanese-designed warships

Melbourne: Australia and Japan signed contracts Saturday to deliver the first three of a 10 billion Australian dollar (USD 6.5 billion) fleet of Japanese-designed warships, with the first due for delivery in three years. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build the first three Mogami-class frigates in...

US extends waiver on Russian oil shipments until May 16

Washington: The United States Department of the Treasury has extended a waiver permitting the delivery and sale of sanctioned Russian oil already loaded onto vessels, pushing the deadline to May 16, according to a document released on its official website. The earlier 30-day waiver had...

Iran reopens Hormuz, warns of shutting it again

Beirut: Iran said it fully reopened the Strait of Hormuz to commercial vessels, but questions lingered Saturday about how much freedom ships actually had to transit the waterway as Tehran maintained its grip on who got through and threatened to close it again if the...

 

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