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US forces seized tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump announces

WASHINGTON — President Trump announced today that US forces “seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela” amid escalating tensions between the two countries over strikes on drug trafficking boats…

John McCarthy December 10, 2025

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Family of Trinidadian man killed in US strike demands proof of drug trafficking

LAS CUEVAS, Trinidad (Reuters) — Relatives of a Trinidadian man who say he was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean this week are demanding…

John McCarthy December 9, 2025

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Ex-missionary from Ohio charged with sexually abusing 4 children in Haiti

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former missionary with an Ohio-based ministry has been indicted on federal charges of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with four different minors in Haiti over…

John McCarthy December 8, 2025

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The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump’s birthright citizenship order violates the Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or…

John McCarthy December 6, 2025

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Colombian family asks human rights court to probe US over deadly airstrike

BOGATA (Reuters) — The family of a Colombian man who they say was killed in a U.S. airstrike off Colombia's coast has taken their case to the Inter-American Commission on…

John McCarthy December 6, 2025

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Lawmakers have reviewed summary of Pentagon order on Caribbean attacks

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. lawmakers have reviewed a summary of a Pentagon document that lays out the scope of the Trump administration's campaign to strike vessels carrying narcotics in the…

John McCarthy December 5, 2025

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Video shows final, confused moments of survivors of US boat strike in Caribbean

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the U.S. military carried out its first strike against a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on September 2, the attack began with an airburst munition…

John McCarthy December 5, 2025

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US military conducts strike on another suspected drug boat as probe into the first strike begins

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Southern Command announced that it had conducted another strike against a small boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Thursday, following a pause of almost three…

John McCarthy December 5, 2025

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Cuba says island is no ‘black hole’ on drug trafficking route to US

HAVANA (Reuters) — Top law enforcement officials in Cuba said on Thursday the island was prioritizing the fight against narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean and continued to provide information to…

John McCarthy December 4, 2025

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Trump says any country trafficking drugs into US could be attacked

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said any country trafficking illegal drugs into the U.S. could be attacked. "Anybody that's doing that and selling it into our country…

John McCarthy December 3, 2025