{
  "id": 2136213,
  "title": "Tanker off Yemen boarded by armed people, diverted towards Somalia, UKMTO says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/tanker-off-yemen-boarded-by-armed-people-diverted-towards-somalia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:50:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/tanker-yemen-boarded-armed-people-diverted-towards-somalia-ukmto-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tanker off Yemen boarded by armed people, diverted towards Somalia, UKMTO says A tanker was boarded by six armed people who took control of the vessel and diverted it towards Somalia, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Thursday. UKMTO earlier said it had received a report of an incident 136 nautical miles east of Yemen's Mukalla, where the tanker, travelling west in the…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}