U.S. Treasury authorizes certain activities involving coal sourced from Venezuela.

AXIOS reports the U.S. military struck two moored Iranian government tankers on Tuesday as part of a wider set of strikes, U.S. officials said. Officials said this marks the first time Washington has struck Iranian tankers in direct retaliation for alleged Iranian attacks on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz; previous actions against Iranian tankers had focused on enforcing U.S. maritime restrictions. A U.S. official said the operation is part of a Trump-approved tanker-for-tanker policy intended to further deter attacks on tankers transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The struck tankers were moored in Iranian nearshore waters north of the U.S. maritime blockade line; U.S. drones fired missiles that hit engine rooms. U.S. officials said additional targets included Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps air defenses, radar, mine-laying facilities, communications sites, anti-ship cruise missile launchers and attack-drone launch platforms.

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