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The United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopts the High Seas Treaty, the first treaty aimed towards marine conservation in international waters.
2023-06-19

The Iranian Navy seizes a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in international waters of the Gulf of Oman, according to the United States Navy.
2023-04-27

Russian Air Force Su-27 fighter jets "intercept and hit" a United States Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, with the collision damaging the drone's propeller and causing the United States to crash the drone into international waters.
2023-03-14

The World Health Organization begins shipping essential COVID-19 medical supplies into North Korea via the Chinese port of Dalian and quarantine facilities in the seaport of Nampo, a possible sign of easing one of the world's strictest pandemic border closures.
2021-10-7

The French ship "Dignity Al Karama" is reported to have successfully reached international waters and is heading for the Gaza Strip, with hopes expressed that the remaining unsabotaged ships currently being held by Greek authorities will soon join it.
2011-07-6

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking alongside Silvio Berlusconi in Italy where he is rallying opposition to the possible recognition of a Palestinian state, expresses a wish for improved relations with Turkey after last year's killing of Turks by Israeli commandos during the Gaza flotilla raid in international waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
2011-06-13

The Chinese Navy announces that it is building its first aircraft carrier in the city of Dalian to be launched later in 2011.
2011-06-8

Volunteers use their hands to clean an oil spill in the Yellow Sea after pipelines burst off Dalian in Northeastern China's Liaoning Province, spilling 1,500 tonnes of oil and covering an area close to 1,000 km 2 and about 90 km of coast.
2010-07-22

Chinese authorities launch a clean-up operation to tackle a 50 sq km slick following an explosion of two crude oil pipelines in Dalian.
2010-07-19

More than 2,000 firefighters fight a fire at the port of Dalian after two oil pipelines explode.
2010-07-17