Another chapter in the tensions simmering between the U.S. and Iran.<br />U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an incident in the Strait of Hormuz.... in which a U.S. naval vessel destroyed an Iranian drone... that was closing in on the warship.<br />For more on this and other news from around the world, let's turn to our Hong Yoo.<br />Yoo, tell us more about how this incident happened.<br /><br />The Iranian drone was destroyed because according to President Trump, it was "threatening the safety of the ship and the ship's crew".<br />The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Boxer took defense action against the drone when it kept getting closer despite multiple calls to stand down.<br />The U.S. Navy perceived the move as a threat to the safety of the ship and the ship's crew and immediately destroyed the drone which was unmanned, using electronic jamming.<br />Trump called it the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by Iran against vessels operating in international waters.<br />Also on Thursday, Iran said its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had seized a foreign oil tanker on Sunday that it claimed was carrying on million liters of "smuggled fuel" and 12 crew.<br />A footage showing two smaller vessels maneuvering around a United Arab Emirates-based ship was released by Iranian state media on the same day.<br />
