CARACAS (Reuters) — The United States has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Saturday, a move that comes just days after U.S.…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago said that it would allow the U.S. military to access its airports in coming weeks as tensions build between the United States and Venezuela. The announcement comes…
WASHINGTON — President Trump nominated Lt. Gen. Francis L. Donovan to be the next leader of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) on Friday, a week after Adm. Alvin Holsey formally retired from the post two years ahead…
HOUSTON (Reuters) — A tanker subject to U.S. sanctions carrying some 300,000 barrels of naphtha from Russia entered Venezuelan waters late on Thursday, while another began redirecting course in the Atlantic Ocean, ship tracking data…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said today that it had conducted two more strikes against boats it said were smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing five people. U.S. Southern Command posted on…
PORT-OF-SPAIN (Reuters) — Trinidad and Tobago granted approval on Monday for United States military aircraft to transit its airports in the coming weeks, amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Venezuela. The Caribbean country’s foreign ministry…
U.S. Southern Command shared a video of the strikes on X Monday. The U.S. military said on Monday it struck three more alleged drug boats in the Eastern Pacific, leaving eight dead. In a post…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. government carried out its seizure of the M/T Skipper off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday just as a judge-signed warrant was set to expire, according to the document which was unsealed…
CARACAS (Reuters) — The Venezuelan government has accused the United States of “blatant theft” after it seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, it said in a statement. The Venezuelan government said…
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 in the Caribbean Sea. Trump…