1 week ago US seizes 2 Venezuelan sanctioned oil tankers Bella 1 and Sophia in Atlantic, Caribbean

The US has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said on Wednesday. US European Command announced the seizure of the merchant vessel Bella 1 for “violations of US sanctions” in a social media post. The US had been pursuing the tanker since last month after it tried to evade a US blockade on sanctioned oil vessels around Venezuela. Then, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem revealed that US forces...

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1 week ago Rare Earth Stocks Revive After China Slams Trump's Venezuela Intervention

Rare Earth Stocks Revive After China Slams Trump's Venezuela Intervention  Investor's Business Daily

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1 week ago US’ Asian allies reluctant to slam Trump over Venezuela despite his ‘cowboy tactics’

The mild responses by America’s Asian allies in response to the US military strike on Venezuela stem from a desire not to “bite the hand that feeds” them, analysts have said, noting that some countries were buying time by claiming to monitor the situation. Following the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday to face narcoterrorism charges on US soil, President Donald Trump declared on Sunday that Washington was “in charge” of the South American nation, including its...

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1 week ago Watch China Slams US 'Hegemonic Acts' After Venezuela Strikes | The China Show 1/5/2026

Watch China Slams US 'Hegemonic Acts' After Venezuela Strikes | The China Show 1/5/2026  Bloomberg.com

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1 week ago China Slams U.S. Strike in Venezuela as “Violation of Sovereignty” and Threat to Latin American Stability

China Slams U.S. Strike in Venezuela as “Violation of Sovereignty” and Threat to Latin American Stability  The National Herald

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2 w. ago Beijing Slams U.S. Detention of Venezuela’s Maduro as ‘Hegemonic’

Beijing Slams U.S. Detention of Venezuela’s Maduro as ‘Hegemonic’  Caixin Global

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2 w. ago ‘Hegemonic acts’: China slams US for strikes against Venezuela, capturing Maduro

‘Hegemonic acts’: China slams US for strikes against Venezuela, capturing Maduro  Anadolu AjansıChina Says It’s ‘Deeply Shocked’ by US Move on Venezuela, Maduro  Bloomberg.comChina Says 'Strongly Condemns' US Strikes On Venezuela  Barron's

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2 w. ago Finland police say ship seized after cable damage between Helsinki and Estonia’s Tallinn

Finnish police said on Wednesday they had seized a vessel suspected of damaging a telecommunications cable that runs between Helsinki and Tallinn in the Gulf of Finland several hours earlier. No details about the identity of the vessel were disclosed. The ship is suspected of being “responsible for the damage to the cable”, which is owned by Finnish telecoms group Elisa and located in Estonia’s exclusive economic zone, police said in a statement. Part of the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland is...

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3 w. ago China Slams U.S. for Seizing Venezuela Oil Tanker Bound for China

China Slams U.S. for Seizing Venezuela Oil Tanker Bound for China  StratNews Global

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3 w. ago China slams US for ‘arbitrarily seizing’ vessels in Caribbean, extends support to Venezuela

China slams US for ‘arbitrarily seizing’ vessels in Caribbean, extends support to Venezuela  Anadolu Ajansı

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4 w. ago Venezuela slams ‘international piracy’ after US seizes another vessel

The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed on Saturday, a move that comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. It is the second time in recent weeks that the US has gone after a tanker near Venezuela amid a large US military build-up in the region. “The United States will continue to pursue the illicit...

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