<p>US aircraft carrier <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indo-us-wargame-in-the-indian-ocean-to-counter-chinese-threat-3106570">USS Nimitz</a> left the South China Sea on Monday (June 16) morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic, after a reception for its planned port call in central Vietnam was cancelled.</p>.<p>The carrier had planned to visit Danang City later this week, but two sources, including one diplomat, said a formal reception slated for June 20 had been called off.</p>.<p>One of the sources said the US Embassy in Hanoi had informed him about the cancellation, due to "an emergent operational requirement".</p>.'Make Middle East great again': Trump says Iran and Israel will have peace 'soon'.<p>The embassy didn't immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.</p>.<p>The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group conducted maritime security operations in the South China Sea last week, as "part of the US Navy's routine presence in the Indo-Pacific," according to the website of the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet.</p>.<p>Data from Marine Traffic showed the carrier on Monday morning was moving west in the direction of the Middle East, where the battle between Israel and Iran is escalating.</p>
<p>US aircraft carrier <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/indo-us-wargame-in-the-indian-ocean-to-counter-chinese-threat-3106570">USS Nimitz</a> left the South China Sea on Monday (June 16) morning heading west, according to data from ship tracking website Marine Traffic, after a reception for its planned port call in central Vietnam was cancelled.</p>.<p>The carrier had planned to visit Danang City later this week, but two sources, including one diplomat, said a formal reception slated for June 20 had been called off.</p>.<p>One of the sources said the US Embassy in Hanoi had informed him about the cancellation, due to "an emergent operational requirement".</p>.'Make Middle East great again': Trump says Iran and Israel will have peace 'soon'.<p>The embassy didn't immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.</p>.<p>The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group conducted maritime security operations in the South China Sea last week, as "part of the US Navy's routine presence in the Indo-Pacific," according to the website of the Commander of the US Pacific Fleet.</p>.<p>Data from Marine Traffic showed the carrier on Monday morning was moving west in the direction of the Middle East, where the battle between Israel and Iran is escalating.</p>