Venezuela US Prisoners

Venezuela Frees Political Prisoners Amid US Pressure and Family Frustration

Venezuela on Monday announced the release of dozens more political prisoners, a move that rights groups questioned as families clamored for speedier action following the US-backed ouster of long-term autocrat Nicolás Maduro. The interim government in Caracas, under President Delcy...
Greenland

Greenland Rejects U.S. Takeover “Under Any Circumstance” Following Trump’s Threats to Seize Arctic Island

Greenland’s government on Monday firmly rejected any possibility of a U.S. takeover of the Arctic island, following repeated threats by U.S. President Donald Trump that the United States would acquire the territory “one way or the other.” In a statement,...
Sweden Defense

Sweden Announces SEK 15 Billion Plan to Build Modular Territorial Air Defense Units to Protect Cities, Critical Infrastructure, and Wartime Formations

The Swedish government has announced a sweeping new initiative to expand the country’s national air defense capabilities, directing the Swedish Armed Forces to generate, train, and equip multiple units specifically for “territorial air defense.” The SEK 15 billion ($1.6 billion)...
Venezuela

Trump Declares U.S. Is “Running” Venezuela After Maduro’s Removal, Promises Oil Companies Will “Start Making Money” as Delcy Rodríguez Consolidates Power

In a dramatic escalation of U.S. involvement in Latin America, President Donald Trump has declared that the United States will now be “running” Venezuela after American forces bombed Caracas on January 3, removed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from...
Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark

Denmark Faces ‘Decisive Moment’ Over Greenland as Trump Revives Threat of Force and Europe Rallies Behind Copenhagen

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned on Sunday that Copenhagen is facing a “decisive moment” in its diplomatic standoff over Greenland after US President Donald Trump once again suggested that Washington could use force to take control of the vast...
US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Fed Chair Powell Accuses Trump Administration of Using Criminal Probe Threats to Pressure Central Bank on Rate Cuts

US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday (Jan 11) that the Trump administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment over congressional testimony he delivered last summer, marking a dramatic escalation in the long-running conflict between the White...
Exxon Mobil

Trump Signals Possible Exxon Exclusion From Venezuela After CEO Calls Country ‘Uninvestable’

United States President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he may block Exxon Mobil from investing in Venezuela after the oil major’s chief executive described the country as “uninvestable” during a White House meeting last week, underscoring growing tensions between...
Donald Trump

Trump Issues Stark Ultimatum to Cuba, Warns of Severe Consequences as Venezuelan Oil and Cash Lifeline Is Cut Off

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a stark ultimatum to Cuba, urging Havana to “make a deal” with Washington or face unspecified consequences as the flow of Venezuelan oil and financial support to the island is cut off. Trump’s...
Philadelphia Protests Join Nationwide Movement Condemning ICE Killing of Renee Good and Trump’s Venezuela War Drive

Philadelphia Protests Join Nationwide Movement Condemning ICE Killing of Renee Good and Trump’s Venezuela War Drive

Under steady rain on a grey Saturday, two separate protest marches wound their way from Philadelphia’s City Hall to the city’s federal detention center, reflecting a growing nationwide backlash against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Donald Trump’s...
Greenland

‘We Don’t Want to Be Americans’: Greenland Unites Against Trump’s Warning That US Could Act ‘Whether They Like It or Not

Greenland’s political leaders have delivered an unusually united and forceful rebuke to former US president Donald Trump after he warned that the United States would “do something whether they like it or not” to acquire the Arctic island, citing national...
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