Officials said the aircraft was “acting aggressively” when it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Middle East amid tensions between Washington and Tehran.

The existing tensions between Washington and Tehran have once again flared up after a US Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone that reportedly approached an American aircraft carrier early Tuesd...

In a separate incident on Tuesday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) forces threatened to board and seize a U.S.-flagged, U.S.-crewed merchant vessel transiting near the Strait of Hormuz...