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  "id": 6341496,
  "title": "US military destroys 5 Iranian oil tankers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-military-destroys-5-iranian-oil-tankers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T21:48:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6077471-us-strikes-irgc-oil-tankers/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Tuesday in response to attempted Iranian missile launches at U.S. Navy warships, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced. The U.S. forces disabled IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Kaviz, M/T Charminar, M/T Horizon 1 and M/T Riesco in the Gulf...",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "US military says it has destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-military-says-it-has-destroyed-5-iranian-oil-tankers-after-missile",
        "published": "2026-09-08T23:07:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "US military says it destroyed five Iranian oil carriers after attempted missile attacks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-military-says-it-destroyed-five-iranian-oil-carriers-after",
        "published": "2026-09-08T23:46:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Rubio warns more Iranian tankers will be sank if attacks on US warships continue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/rubio-warns-more-iranian-tankers-will-be-sank-if-attacks-on-us",
        "published": "2026-09-09T00:09:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "US destroys five Iranian oil tankers after repeated missile attacks on American Navy warship",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-destroys-five-iranian-oil-tankers-after-repeated-missile-attacks",
        "published": "2026-09-09T01:05:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "WTI surges as US strikes Iranian tankers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/wti-surges-as-us-strikes-iranian-tankers",
        "published": "2026-09-09T01:17:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "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."
}