Donald Trump

Trump Targets Defense Contractors’ Profits, Rattling Wall Street and Signaling Overhaul of Military Industry

U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to block major defense contractors from paying dividends or buying back shares until they significantly speed up weapons production, delivering a rare presidential strike at Wall Street norms that sent defense stocks sharply...
Greenland

US-Denmark Diplomatic Talks Set Amid Growing Controversy Over Trump’s Proposal to Acquire Greenland and Counter China-Russia Influence

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced plans to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland, amid escalating tensions over President Donald Trump’s repeated proposals to acquire the Arctic territory. The move comes as NATO allies express alarm at...
Venezuela Oil

Trump Claims $2bn Venezuelan Oil Deal as US Seeks to Divert Crude From China and Assert Control Over Caracas’ Energy Sector

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuela will “turn over” approximately $2 billion worth of crude oil to the United States under a new arrangement that would redirect supplies away from China and ease pressure on Venezuela’s constrained oil...
Greenland

NATO’s Unthinkable Test: Greenland Dispute Exposes NATO’s Greatest Taboo as US Power Challenges the Alliance’s Core Promise of Mutual Defence

NATO countries could attack another, but it is so far outside the alliance’s postwar imagination that its most famous clause does not clearly spell out what would happen if two members were to come to blows. Article 5 of the...
Greenland .

Trump Revives Push for US Control of Greenland, Igniting Diplomatic Storm with Denmark and Raising Fears of a NATO Fracture

Just days after removing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power in a controversial move that shocked much of the world, US President Donald Trump has once again turned his attention to Greenland, reigniting one of the most sensitive geopolitical disputes...
Greenland

Europe Unites Behind Denmark and Greenland as Trump Ally Sparks Alarm by Refusing to Rule Out US Seizure of Arctic Territory

European leaders have mounted an unusually forceful and united defence of Denmark and Greenland after senior figures close to former US president Donald Trump suggested Washington could be prepared to seize control of the Arctic territory, even by force if...
Reliance Industries

India’s Reliance Halts Russian Crude Intake for January as U.S. Pressure Mounts and India Recalibrates Its Oil Diplomacy

India’s private refiner Reliance Industries said on Tuesday (Jan 6) it does not expect to receive any Russian crude oil deliveries in January and has not taken such cargoes for the past three weeks, signalling a further pullback by India’s...
Venezuela

Southeast Asian Nations Voice Alarm Over US Military Raid in Venezuela, Urge Immediate Release of President Maduro

Several Southeast Asian countries have voiced serious concern over the escalating situation in Venezuela following a high-profile U.S. military operation targeting President Nicolás Maduro. The unprecedented pre-dawn raid, in which U.S. commandos reportedly detained Maduro and his wife while air...
Donald Trump

Trump Floats Military Action Against Colombia After Stunning US Raid Captures Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday (Jan 4) openly threatened military action against Colombia, dramatically escalating tensions in Latin America just days after a covert US operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and transferred him to New York to...
La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 3, 2026

How Hugo Chávez’s Long-Warned “Yankee Invasion” Finally Arrived in Maduro’s Venezuela

For years it was treated as political theatre, a fevered fantasy repeated so often that it lost its power to shock. The Yankees are coming. Hugo Chávez warned of it endlessly during his 14 years in power, conjuring visions of...
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