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The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship suspended operations after its operator said the rising costs of fuel from the Iran war made its journey financially untenable.

The MV Odyssey had been on an around-the-world cruise when it suspended its planned three-year voyage due to the sharp rise in fuel costs.

Last week, the vessel's owner suspended operations, saying fuel prices increases from the Iran war had made operations prohibitively expensive. 

Raids against online scam centres in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia, also duping African nationals via human trafficking, authorities say.

Raids against online scam centers in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia.

Many passengers on the Odyssey hoped to spend the rest of their lives at sea but high oil prices got in the way

Some passengers sold their home to live on the cruise ship full-time.

Prolonged price shock could push more than a million additional Cambodians into poverty

One passenger reveals the company asked for help to pay for fuel on multiple occasions, with some forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars, before being ordered to disembark.

Americans are stranded in Cambodia after a luxury cruise line said it ran out of money over surging fuel prices during its "endless" around-the-world voyage. Cristian Benavides reports.

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Villa Vie, a U.S. cruise ship that touted its cabins as floating homes, suspended its three-year voyage in Cambodia due to fuel costs, forcing hundreds of passengers to disembark. CBS News' Cristian Benavides has more.

Hundreds of passengers are stranded after the ship’s three-and-a-half-year voyage is cut short due to fuel costs.

A luxury cruise ship on a three-year, round-the-world voyage has been forced to suspend the trip in Cambodia due to rising fuel costs, operators have said.

A US-based cruise operator marketing its voyages as permanent holidays for retirees blames the ongoing fuel crisis for abruptly forcing passengers to disembark in Cambodia.

Cruise company asks some 200 passengers to disembark the Odyssey, saying fuel costs have risen 300% since start of US war on Iran

More than 200 passengers leave Villa Vie Residences’ Odyssey in Sihanoukville after the company suspends Cambodia operations and cites surging fuel costs.

Around 200 passengers who paid to live on a cruise ship while travelling the world were abruptly left in a Cambodian port after the company ran out of money, an official said on Wednesday.

A luxury cruise liner offering residential cabins for hundreds of thousands of dollars is now moored, with its owners unable to cope with spiralling cost of shipping fuel.

The Villa Vie Odyssey suspended its voyage and is working with passengers on "temporary living arrangements".

The luxury cruise company suspended operations, citing "extraordinary" fuel costs.

Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said it was working to identify “temporary living arrangements” for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot cruise ship.

Thailand has accused Cambodia of distorting discussions under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) by selectively presenting the outcome and linking maritime boundary issues to unrelated land border clashes.