6 h. ago Cooper summons Iranian ambassador and announces new sanctions amid protests

She said she had spoken to the Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday.

Politics

3 w. ago ‘Gunboat diplomacy on steroids’: US signs security deals across Latin America

Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro warns Trump administration may ‘destabilise the entire region’ amid rising tensionsWhile all eyes are on the four-month-long US military campaign against Venezuela, the White House has been quietly striking security agreements with other countries to deploy US troops across Latin America and the Caribbean.As Donald Trump announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers and ordered the seizure of vessels amid airstrikes that have killed more than 100 people in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the US secured military deals with Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago in the past week alone. Continue reading...

Economics

3 w. ago US intercepts second merchant vessel off coast of Venezuela in international waters

Move comes days after Trump announces ‘blockade’ of sanctioned oil tankers and US seizes tankerUS forces on Saturday stopped a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, according to two US officials, the Associated Press reported.The move comes days after Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers coming in to and out of the South American country and follows the seizure by US forces of an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast on 10 December. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump refuses to rule out going to war with Venezuela and says Maduro ‘knows what I want’

The US has amassed a huge military force near the country and announced a ‘blockade’ on sanctioned vessels

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3 w. ago US military carried out lethal strike on vessel in Pacific, killing four, says Pete Hegseth

Announcement comes day after Trump said a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing four people, according to defense secretary Pete Hegseth.In a post on Twitter/X, Hegseth wrote: “Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations. A total of four male narco-terrorists were killed, and no US military forces were harmed.” Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela

Events

3 w. ago Sheinbaum urges UN to ‘prevent bloodshed’ after Trump orders Venezuela blockade

Mexican leader warns of conflict as US president targets sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaWhat action is Trump taking against Venezuela’s oil industry?Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has urged the United Nations to “prevent any bloodshed” in Venezuela, as Donald Trump piled more pressure on the South American country.“The United Nations has been conspicuously absent. It must assume its role to prevent any bloodshed and to always seek the peaceful resolution of conflicts,” the leftwing president told reporters the morning after Washington announced a blockade of “sanctioned oil tankers” entering or leaving Venezuela. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Donald Trump orders complete blockade of Venezuela oil tankers with 'largest armada ever'

Donald Trump has announced a total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and exiting Venezuela, accusing the Maduro regime of stealing US assets and designating it a terrorist organisation

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3 w. ago Trump orders total blockade of oil tankers into Venezuela as he makes 'completely surrounded' claim

Trump announced his order to block "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela in a post on his social media platform as he alleges the country use oil to fund crimes

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4 w. ago Chinese ambassador summoned by Foreign Office over Jimmy Lai verdict

Yvette Cooper says the Foreign Office had summoned China’s top diplomatic representative to the UK to express unhappiness over the guilty verdict

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4 w. ago Yvette Cooper summons Chinese ambassador over 'politically motivated' prosecution of Jimmy Lai as ministers demand British citizen's release from Hong Kong jail

The media tycoon, a British citizen, has been found guilty by a Hong Kongcourt of conspiracy and sedition charges under national security laws imposed by Beijing.

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