international waters
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"We are talking about two foreign nationals that were arrested in international waters approximately a thousand kilometres from Gaza and brought into Israel against their will."
From BBC • May 5, 2026
He has opposed the moves by Iran and the U.S., citing United Nations laws governing international waters.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
If America were to abandon its insistence on secure navigation in international waters, it would reverse U.S. foreign and security policy since the maritime Quasi-War with France in 1798.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It can be reclusive and even unwelcoming, but it can’t attack its neighbors, blockade international waters, or export extremism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
As the Maddox had plowed through international waters off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin, three North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked the ship.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
