21 h. ago Trump meets with oil company executives to secure $100 billion as US forces seize another oil tanker

US President Donald Trump told oil company executives that they would have "total security" if they invested in Venezuela, despite previous asset seizures and ongoing sanctions

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21 h. ago Trump meets with oil executives to secure $100 billion as US forces seize another oil tanker

US President Donald Trump told oil executives that they would have "total security" if they invested in Venezuela, despite previous asset seizures and ongoing sanctions

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31 h. ago US military forces seize fifth tanker in effort to control Venezuelan oil

Pre-dawn assault on the Olina oil tanker was carried out by US marines and navy sailors in the Caribbean near TrinidadUS politics live – latest updatesThe US early on Friday boarded another oil tanker, the US military said, as part of efforts to target sanctions-busting vessels traveling to and from Venezuela.US forces were seen in video footage that officials posted online landing on the ship’s deck as the vessel named Olina was seized in the Caribbean near Trinidad. It is the fifth interdiction of such ships in recent weeks, separately from the series of previous US operations since the start of the fall to strike suspected drug boats off the coast of Venezuela. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago US seizes fifth tanker as military stalks the ocean for Venezuelan oil

The latest seizure comes hours before Trump is set to meet with top oil executives

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33 h. ago US in process of seizing fifth tanker in effort to control Venezuelan oil

The Olina, seized in the Caribbean, was falsely flying the flag of Timor Leste, according to a public shipping databaseUS politics live – latest updatesThe US is in the process of seizing the Olina tanker in the Caribbean near Trinidad in the fifth such interdiction of ships in recent weeks as part of Washington’s efforts to control Venezuelan oil exports, two US officials said on Friday.The Olina, according to public shipping database Equasis, was falsely flying the flag of the tiny south-east Asian nation of Timor Leste. The vessel had previously sailed from Venezuela and had returned to the region, said an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago US reportedly seizing tanker in Caribbean; Trump claims he cancelled second wave of attacks on Venezuela – live

US in process of taking fifth sanctioned tanker suspected of carrying oil to and from Venezuela, Reuters reports; Trump says he’s halting further attack after Caracas’ release of political prisonersPope Leo XIV has denounced how nations are using force to assert their dominion worldwide, saying they are “completely undermining” peace and the post-Second World War international legal order, AP reported.In his most substantial critique of US, Russian and other military incursions in sovereign countries, Leo told ambassadors who represent their countries’ interests at the Holy See that “war is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading”. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago US boards fifth tanker as military stalks the oceans for Venezuelan oil

The latest seizure comes hours before Trump is set to meet with top oil executives

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46 h. ago Britain is 'absolutely willing' to do more after its involvement in seizing Russian

The presence of the rusting, 100,000-tonne vessel set the scene for another dramatic Special Forces raid on the high seas, if the US President chooses to intervene.

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53 h. ago US military aircraft pictured at Scots airport during Russian oil tanker seizure

American aircrafts landed in Wick as part of a military operation in the North Atlantic.

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53 h. ago Russia warns UK and US 'don't play games with us' as World War 3 fears rise

After the US and UK forces seized a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Atlantic for breaching Iranian oil sanctions, Russian lawmakers have demanded Putin launch torpedo attacks and threaten nuclear escalation

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56 h. ago Moscow says US seizure of Russian tanker risks military escalation at sea

Russia’s foreign ministry accuses Washington of lowering the ‘threshold for use of force’

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57 h. ago Scots airport may have been used as 'staging post' by US military to seize oil tanker

The First Minister said he had "no knowledge" on whether the American aircraft which landed at Wick were part of a military operation in the North Atlantic.

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58 h. ago Russia's chilling nuclear WW3 threat to UK and US after tanker seizure

Russian politicians have said they could use nuclear weapons in response to US forces seizing a tanker a few hundred miles from the coast of Scotlant

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58 h. ago Sanctioned Russian oil tanker 'spotted sailing through English Channel' a day after US seized another rogue ship off Iceland

The ship was sanctioned by the US when it was named Tia in 2024, but it is now sailing under a false name.

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61 h. ago Starmer and Trump discuss US ambitions for Greenland in overnight call

The pair discussed Greenland, Venezuela and the seizing of a tanker off the coast of Scotland when they spoke overnight.

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62 h. ago UK was ‘absolutely willing’ to support US in seizing Russian tanker – minister

Douglas Alexander said the ship seized in water between Iceland and Scotland was ‘part of the shadow fleet that funds Russia’s war effort in Ukraine’.

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62 h. ago Nuclear war 'could be just one step away' after Trump's Atlantic ship raid, Putin propagandist warns as new video shows US coast guard chasing down rogue tanker

The video shows the USCGC Munro pursuring the Russian-flagged Marinera vessel, previously called Bella 1, in an operation in the North Atlantic.

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3 d. ago US thanks Britain for ‘unwavering support’ in oil tanker seizure

But no British personnel took part in the boarding of the vessel, Defence Secretary John Healey told MPs on Wednesday evening.

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3 d. ago Keir Starmer 'sets out position on Greenland' in call with Donald Trump

Thw two also reportedly discussed the seizure of an oil tanker on Wednesday.

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3 d. ago US forces supported by RAF spy plane seize tanker linked to Venezuela

‘You can run, but you can’t hide,’ said US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after the storming of two tankers

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