GULF OF OMAN (Dec. 24, 2023) Bags of illegal narcotics seized from a vessel are stacked on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard ...

The vessel crossed into the U.S. contiguous zone, a region which extends 24 miles from the coast, around 10:35 a.m. A boat crew boarded the vessel and located eight Mexican nationals on board.

Chinese Coast Guard ships were spotted in the contiguous zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Dec. 14, marking 337 days so far this year that such sightings have been made.

A recent transit by a Japanese destroyer highlighted a contentious issue.

Taiwanese officials said more than 10 Chinese military ships had gotten as close as 24 miles of Taiwan’s contiguous zone, with Taipei deploying its own warships to respond. Taiwan’s ministry ...

Chinese government ships have been operating in the contiguous zone daily since April 14 for a total of 65 consecutive days, marking the longest recorded period. The previous record was 64 ...

TASS/. Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) has passed a bill on the legal status of the country’s 12-nautical-mile contiguous zone. A total of 244 lawmakers supported the bill. "The law will ...

The vessel crossed into the U.S. contiguous zone, a region which extends 24 miles from the coast, around 10:35 a.m. A boat crew boarded the vessel and located eight Mexican nationals on board.