EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Navy destroyer that sailed near Chinese-claimed islands in South China Sea last week was under orders from the Third Fleet headquarters in San Diego, a first aimed at bolstering U.S. maritime power in the region, two sources said.

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer was targeted on Sunday in a failed missile attack from territory in Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels, a U.S. military spokesman told Reuters, saying neither of the two missiles hit the ship.

EghtesadOnline: A U.S. Navy coastal patrol ship changed course after a fast-attack craft from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps came within 100 yards (91 meters) of it in the central Persian Gulf on Sunday, U.S. Defense Department officials said on Tuesday.