Oil tanker attacked in key Gulf waterway

Assailants on a speedboat near Oman opened fire on an oil tanker in a rare attack in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a seafaring body said. Separately, the NATO Shipping Centre said six assailants on a skiff armed with machineguns attacked a "merchant vessel" in the Strait of Hormuz, adding the vessel was now safe. Heavily armed pirates using high-powered speedboats have operated in the nearby ...