India’s Stranded Seafarers Hope New Delhi Can Save Them
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has left thousands of Indian sailors at risk.
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The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has left thousands of Indian sailors at risk.
Able seaman Abdur Rehman was asleep after finishing his night shift at 6 a.m. aboard the SkyLight, a Palau-flagged oil tanker owned by United Arab Emirates-based Red Sea Ship Management LLC, when two…
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