US oil companies with interests in Venezuela are poised to benefit from Donald Trump's plans to take control of Venezuelan oil sales, with the president meeting bosses on Friday to encourage investment in the run-down industry.
The seizure of the Russian-flagged Marinera oil tanker by the US military is liable to have far-reaching implications for the entire Euro-Atlantic region and civilian maritime traffic globally, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has warned.
A nationwide internet blackout was reported in Iran on Thursday, global monitoring group NetBlocks said. Protests have been erupting across the country since late December, prompted by hyperinflation and an enduring economic crisis in the sanctioned Islamic republic.
A viral post on X jokingly suggested marrying Donald Trump’s son Barron Trump to Denmark’s Princess Isabella as a “diplomatic solution” to the Greenland dispute. The tongue-in-cheek proposal has drawn millions of views and amused social media users.
A U.S. immigration agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in her car in Minneapolis yesterday amid an immigration enforcement surge, according to local and federal officials, the latest violent incident during President Donald Trump’s nationwide crackdown on migrants.
Saudi Arabia has accused the United Arab Emirates of secretly extracting Yemeni separatist leader Aidarous al-Zubaidi from the country and flying him to Abu Dhabi, escalating tensions between the two Gulf allies as their partnership in the Yemen war fractures.
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a bipartisan sanctions bill that could impose tariffs as high as 500% on countries purchasing Russian oil or uranium. India, China, and Brazil are among the nations under scrutiny.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are discussing converting about $2 billion of Saudi loans into a JF-17 fighter jet deal, a move that would deepen defence ties and ease Pakistan’s financial strain following last year’s mutual defence pact.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said the country is recording a surge in fighter jet and aircraft orders following the May 2025 military escalation with India, expressing hope that defence exports could eliminate Pakistan’s dependence on the International Monetary Fund.
U.S. President Donald Trump claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally approached him over delayed Apache helicopter deliveries and expressed unhappiness with U.S. tariffs tied to India’s Russian oil imports.
Caracas and Washington have reached a deal to export up to $2 billion worth of Venezuelan crude to the United States, US. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, a flagship negotiation that would divert supplies from China while helping Venezuela avoid deeper oil production cuts.
The White House said Tuesday that “U.S. military is always an option,” even as a series of European leaders rejected President Donald Trump’s comments about seeking an American takeover of the world’s largest island.
The BBC has instructed staff to avoid describing the US abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a “kidnapping” and to use less loaded alternatives such as “seized,” according to a leaked internal memo shared online by British journalist and Guardian columnist Owen Jones.
The US has demanded that Venezuela cut economic ties with Russia, China, Iran, and Cuba if it wants to pump more oil, ABC News reported on Tuesday, citing three people familiar with the White House’s plan.
Russia stands in solidarity with its long-time ally Venezuela “in the face of blatant neo-colonial threats and external armed aggression,” the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has said days after US forces abducted President Nicolas Maduro.
The Chief of the Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force met Pakistan Air Force leadership in Islamabad, where discussions centered on defence cooperation, training support, Super Mushak delivery, and potential acquisition of JF-17 Thunder fighter jets.
An international media association on Tuesday criticised the Israeli government for maintaining its ban on unrestricted media access to Gaza, calling the move disappointing.
Ousted Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife pleaded not guilty Monday in Manhattan federal court to drug trafficking charges, with Maduro telling a federal judge he had been “kidnapped” from his home.
The US will exert greater power across the Western Hemisphere, the State Department declared following the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a raid on Caracas.
For nearly two decades, China has been more than just a trading partner for Venezuela: a key political backer, a financial lifeline during the worst years of sanctions, and an ally willing to defy the isolation imposed by the United States.
Deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro arrived at a New York court on Monday, just days after being seized in Caracas in a shock US military operation that paved the path for Washington's plans to control the oil-rich country.
A video has appeared showing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro wishing bystanders a “Happy New Year” after being abducted by American forces and flown to New York to face criminal charges.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to assume the role of interim president after Nicolas Maduro was kidnapped by US forces from Caracas and flown to New York to face criminal charges.
The death toll from the US raid to kidnap President Nicolas Maduro has risen to at least 80, which includes both soldiers and civilians, the New York Times reported on Sunday, citing a senior Venezuelan official.
