RT Robert Barnes (@barnes_law)Contrary to conventional wisdom, we do recognize the right of nations to toll straits in their territorial waters. The 1936 Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of Straits authorizes Turkey to levy tolls for access through the Strait of Bosphorus & Dardanelles. ...

RT The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia)Following Somalia’s announcement banning Israeli-linked vessels from transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait, an oil tanker was seized off the Somali coast and taken into territorial waters.According to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), individuals took control of the vessel northeast of Somalia and directed it approximately 77 miles into Somali waters. ...