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US pressure on Venezuela continues as Treasury Dept sanctions more of Madu
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a statement issued by the US Department of the Treasury on Friday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated relatives and associates of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, further pressuring the Latin American country over corruption and narcotics-related activities.
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President made it a priority to be a peacemaker: US State Secy Marco Rubio
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rubio credited President Donald Trump for stopping the India-Pakistan conflict, a claim previously made by Trump.
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Op Southern Spear: US strike kills four 'narco-terrorists' in Eastern Paci
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The US military on Wednesday conducted a strike on a vessel transiting the Eastern Pacific that killed four alleged 'narco-terrorists' at the direction of Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth.
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UN calls for restraint between US, Venezuela amid rising tensions
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Guterres on Thursday received a phone call from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros wherein the former called for restraint.
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Trump orders total blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from Venezuel
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
In a lengthy statement posted on Truth Social, Trump said Venezuela has been designated a "foreign terrorist organisation" and accused the Maduro government of using oil revenues to fund "drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping."
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US strikes three boats in Pacific Ocean, kills eight in Operation Southern
Updated : 3 months ago IST
According to a post by US Southern Command, the strikes were conducted on Monday under the direction of US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth as part of Operation Southern Spear. The operation was carried out by Joint Task Force Southern Spear in the Eastern Pacific.
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US special forces veteran urges Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina
Updated : 3 months ago IST
A US special forces veteran involved in the covert evacuation of Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate Maria Corina Machado has urged her not to return to Venezuela, describing the rescue as one of the most dangerous missions his team has ever undertaken.
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Venezuela's oil exports shrivel as US seizes tanker off its coast
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Oil tanker movements into and out of Venezuelan waters have almost come to a standstill, Al Jazeera's sources stated, after the US announced that it would seize more vessels as part of its military pressure on Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
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US raids cargo ship travelling from China to Iran
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Unnamed officials told the newspaper that US military personnel boarded the ship several hundred miles from Sri Lanka, according to the report on Friday. It was the first time in several years US forces had intercepted cargo travelling from China to Iran, according to the newspaper, as quote
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Khamenei accuses US of "territorial expansionism" in Latin America after i
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Following Washington's escalating pressure campaign against Venezuela and its government, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday took a sharp swipe at the United States, accusing it of pursuing "territorial expansionism" in parts of Latin America while speaking about global
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Vessel will go to US port; legal process will be followed for possession o
Updated : 3 months ago IST
During a White House press briefing on Thursday (local time), Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that the vessel, named Skipper, is currently undergoing a formal forfeiture process, following which it will be brought to a US port.
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US sanctions Maduro's nephews, six Venezuelan oil shipping firms a day aft
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Just a day after President Donald Trump stated that the US has seized a "very large" oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, the Department of the Treasury on Thursday (local time) imposed sanctions on three nephews of Venezuela's First Lady Cilia Flores and six shipping companies linked t
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