2025 • Dec 25
Trump approves deployment of 350 national guard members to New Orleans
Critics say deployment is unwarranted and could cause fear in the city, which has seen a decrease in violent crime ratesThe
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2025 • Dec 23
‘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...
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2025 • Dec 22
US Coast Guard pursuing another oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
Official indicates vessel is subject to sanctions after Trump’s ‘blockade’ on sanctioned tankers in and out of VenezuelaUS Coast Guard officials said on Sunday they were tracking an oil tank...
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2025 • Dec 18
US strike on alleged drug boat in Pacific kills four, as Trump accuses Venezuela of taking ‘our oil’
The announcement from Pete Hegseth comes a day after Trump issued a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving VenezuelaThe US military carried out a lethal strike on a vess...
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2025 • Dec 17
Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela
Move comes amid escalating campaign against Maduro as Venezuelan government condemns ‘grotesque threat’Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers ...
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2025 • Dec 16
How a Brazilian meat tycoon accused of bribery and deforestation became a key player in regional diplomacy
Joesley Batista is credited as a major force behind the reconciliation between Trump and Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaSix international airlines had suspended flights to Venezuela over the risk ...
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2025 • Dec 16
Venezuela accuses Trinidad and Tobago of taking part in US seizure of oil tanker
Maduro regime accuses Caribbean nation of participating in ‘theft of Venezuelan oil’ as tensions mount in regionVenezuela has accused the government of Trinidad and Tobago of taking part in ...
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2025 • Dec 14
Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela
JetBlue pilot calls incident ‘outrageous’ and says US military refueling tanker didn’t have transponder turned onA JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent...
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2025 • Dec 05
Pentagon announces it has killed four men in another boat strike in Pacific
Strike comes amid congressional turmoil over legality of US attacks on suspected drug smugglersThe Pentagon announced on Thursday that the US military had conducted another deadly strike on ...
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2025 • Dec 05
US airstrike survivors clung to boat wreckage for an hour before second deadly attack, video shows
Footage seen by US senators shows two unarmed, shirtless men struggling to stay afloat before they were killed, sources say
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2025 • Dec 05
US submarines carrying nuclear weapons could dock in Australia despite ban, Senate told
Defence secretary appears to contradict previous assurances from Penny Wong that only conventionally armed submarines will visit Australian ports under Aukus deal
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2025 • Dec 04
Experts urge release of boat strike video as US admiral denies ‘kill them all’ order
Democrat Jim Himes calls footage ‘one of the most troubling scenes’ he’s observed in public service
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