Indonesia's coast guard said on Tuesday it seized an Iranian-flagged supertanker suspected of involvement in the illegal transshipment of crude oil, and vowed to toughen maritime patrols.
The head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog will meet South Korea's foreign minister and a top nuclear safety official on Saturday as part of a bid to calm fears over Japan's plan to discharge treated radioactive water from its tsunami-hit Fukushima plant.
Asia-Pacific share indexes rallied on Thursday, following Wall Street's lead, and the dollar held just below a two-month high versus the yen amid signs the United States might be close to a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default.
Spanish oil and gas storage infrastructure company Exolum said on Thursday its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation in 2022 rose 13% to 533 million euros ($586.7 million).
Iran seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, and the U.S. State Department called for its release, in the latest escalation in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019.