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Greece Seizes Russian Tanker as Part of EU Sanctions

Greek Coast Guard vessel "Gavdos" is moored following a night patrol, at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 30, 2019. (Reuters)
Greek Coast Guard vessel "Gavdos" is moored following a night patrol, at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 30, 2019. (Reuters)
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Greece Seizes Russian Tanker as Part of EU Sanctions

Greek Coast Guard vessel "Gavdos" is moored following a night patrol, at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 30, 2019. (Reuters)
Greek Coast Guard vessel "Gavdos" is moored following a night patrol, at the port of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 30, 2019. (Reuters)

Greece has seized a Russian oil tanker off the island of Evia as part of European Union sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, the Greek coast guard said on Tuesday.

Earlier this month the EU banned Russian-flagged vessels from the 27-nation bloc's ports, with some exemptions, as it adopted new sweeping sanctions against Russia.

The Russian-flagged Pegas, with 19 Russian crew members on board, was seized near Karystos on the southern coast of Evia, which lies just off the Greek mainland near the capital Athens.

"It has been seized as part of EU sanctions," a shipping ministry official said.

A coastguard official said the ship's oil cargo had not been confiscated.

The Pegas had earlier reported an engine problem. Rough seas forced it to moor just off Karystos where it was seized, the Athens News Agency reported.

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At Least 4 Dead, 2 Missing in San Antonio after Heavy Rains Flood Parts of Texas

Cars dive away from a storm during a Project ICECHIP operation Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Morton, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cars dive away from a storm during a Project ICECHIP operation Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Morton, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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At Least 4 Dead, 2 Missing in San Antonio after Heavy Rains Flood Parts of Texas

Cars dive away from a storm during a Project ICECHIP operation Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Morton, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cars dive away from a storm during a Project ICECHIP operation Thursday, June 5, 2025, in Morton, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Heavy rains swamped San Antonio early Thursday, killing at least four people who were swept away in floodwaters as crews rescued dozens of others, officials said.

Fire officials said they were still searching for two people who were missing. Calls for water rescues began shortly before sunrise, according to the San Antonio Police Department.

Two women and two men were found dead, police Chief William McManus said. He did not have their ages, The Associated Press reported.

The deaths all occurred in the northeast part of the city, where authorities found 13 vehicles in the water.

“It’s hard to determine at this point exactly how they got swept away," San Antonio Fire Department spokesman Woody Woodward said. "But it is an area where there was high water that was moving rapidly and there were several people that were caught in that water that had climbed up into trees and we did do a couple of rescues out of trees and some rescues out of vehicles.”

The department had made 65 water rescues since midnight throughout the San Antonio area, he said.

By midmorning, rain had stopped and the flooding was receding.