US has seized two oil tankers it says are part of Venezuela's 'shadow fleet'.

US Forces Launch Pre-Dawn Carrier-Based Raid to Seize Venezuelan-Linked Oil Tanker in Caribbean, Marking Fifth Interdiction in Expanding Sanctions Crackdown

In a dramatic escalation of its campaign to enforce sanctions on Venezuelan oil exports, the United States early Friday carried out a pre-dawn military operation in the Caribbean Sea to seize another oil tanker, the Olina, U.S. Southern Command announced....
EU States farmers protest against the EU-Mercosur deal in Warsaw

EU Member States Approve Controversial Mercosur Deal with Latin American Countries After 25 Years of Negotiations, Triggering Road Blockades by Farmers in Paris, Brussels, and Warsaw

The European Union has cleared the largest free trade agreement in its history with a bloc of Latin American countries, ending 25 years of negotiations but igniting immediate opposition from farmers, environmentalists, and political factions across Europe. The Mercosur deal,...
Russia-Ukraine war

Russia Fires Oreshnik Hypersonic Missile Into Western Ukraine Near EU Border, Triggering Alarm Over Escalation and European Security

Russia has fired its new Oreshnik hypersonic missile at a target in western Ukraine, marking a rare and highly symbolic use of an intermediate-range ballistic weapon in the war and triggering alarm across Europe due to the strike’s proximity to...
Minneapolis Killing , US citizen, ICE Agent

Minneapolis Killing Sparks Political Firestorm as Trump Administration Accused of Smearing US Citizen Shot Dead by ICE Agent

The fatal shooting of a US citizen by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis has erupted into a political firestorm, with Democratic leaders accusing the Trump administration of spreading false and misleading claims to justify the killing before any independent...
Emmanuel Macron - Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Macron and Steinmeier Warn US Policies Under Trump Are Threatening Global Order, Call for Greater European Strategic Autonomy

In unusually blunt and seemingly uncoordinated remarks, the presidents of France and Germany have issued strong warnings about the trajectory of U.S. foreign policy under Donald Trump, signaling growing European concern over the erosion of the postwar rules-based international order....
Latvian-made FOG system

Ukraine Receives Latvian-Made FOG Unmanned Surface Vessel for Frontline Operations

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have added a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) to their naval capabilities, receiving a Latvian-made FOG system funded and delivered by the Latvian charity foundation Ziedot.lv. According to reporting by Militarnyi, Ziedot.lv financed the acquisition through donations...
US Intercepts Russian-flagged oil tanker in Atlantic

US–Russia Maritime Tensions Escalate as Senior Russian Lawmaker Calls for Torpedo Strikes on American Warships After Tanker Seizure

US–Russia maritime tensions sharply escalated this week after a senior Russian defence legislator openly called for military retaliation against the United States, warning that Moscow should “strike with torpedoes and sink a couple of American ships” in response to the...
Venezuela Oil

Oil Prices Steady Near $56 as Markets Weigh US Moves to Control Venezuela’s Future Crude Sales

Oil prices held onto recent declines on Wednesday as traders weighed fresh moves by the United States to tighten its grip over Venezuela’s future crude sales, adding another layer of uncertainty to an already well-supplied global market. West Texas Intermediate...
Ship, containers port of Los Angeles

Trump Tariff Strategy Reshapes Global Supply Chains as US Container Imports Fall and China Volumes Plunge

U.S. containerized imports declined sharply in December, capping a volatile year for global trade as President Donald Trump’s tariff policies disrupted supply chains, dampened demand for Chinese goods and heightened inflation concerns, according to new data released Thursday by supply...
Donald Trump

Trump and Colombia’s Petro Hold Surprise Call on Drugs and Venezuela After Months of Bitter Personal and Diplomatic Attacks

U.S. President Donald Trump and Colombian President Gustavo Petro spoke by phone this week, marking an unexpected diplomatic turn in a relationship that has been increasingly hostile over drug policy and regional security. “It was a Great Honor to speak...
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