The US military has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker in the North Atlantic for alleged violations of US sanctions. Officials say the action is tied to enforcement of a blockade targeting illicit Venezuelan oil shipments.
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Hezbollah is expanding drug trafficking operations in Venezuela as Iranian financial support weakens under sanctions and regional conflict. U.S. officials warn the terror group is using cocaine profits to fund global operations with help from the Maduro regime.
Venezuela has ordered its navy to escort oil tankers after President Trump declared a complete blockade on sanctioned vessels. The move raises the risk of direct confrontation as U.S. forces continue seizing Venezuelan-linked tankers.
By Sputnik International Energy supplies from Russia via the TurkStream and Druzhba pipelines to Hungary are completely exempt from US sanctions, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor…
By Topwar The situation in Syria continues to escalate. After armed jihadist units calling themselves the “opposition” overthrew the official government in Damascus, they began…
Russian stocks rallied on Wednesday following the result of the US presidential election By RT International Russian assets have become the main topic of discussion…
By Sputnik International MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who works as a political analyst now, said that US sanctions force…
Sanctions made it difficult to maintain the presidential helicopter, Alexander Lukashenko has said By RT International Iran’s inability to service its American-made helicopters due to…
By Fabio G. C. Carisio A St. Petersburg court ordered the freezing of funds owned by US banking giant JPMorgan Chase (among the main investors in the Weapons Lobby –…
By News Desk The two sides signed a 20-year cooperation agreement that will bolster their agriculture and food production fields Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro…
By Frank Yue A senior Chinese economist at a U.S.-China forum proposed that Beijing take over Taiwan and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) if Washington sanctions Beijing as…
By Epoch Times Staff A Russian legislator and two aides were charged with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions as they pushed a covert Russian propaganda campaign…
By Chris Menahan The DC regime lost in Afghanistan and is losing in Ukraine and they’re powerless to respond to Russia’s invasion with anything but…
By Dorothy Li The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on Dec. 25 replaced the far-western Xinjiang region’s Party chief, according to state news agency Xinhua. Chen Quanguo, who…
by TYLER DURDEN For the past several years, Iran has been subject to “crippling” oil-export sanctions, but that is news to China whose imports of Iranian oil…
By Ken Silva Days after being placed on a U.S. sanctions list, Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group was handed a major loss in federal appeals court…
By Matthew Smith Venezuela’s near-collapse and strict U.S. sanctions are creating an opportunity for Russia, Iran and China to strengthen their presence in Latin America, a…
By TYLER DURDEN China’s latest US sanctions countermeasures focusing on Hong Kong and Macau said to be under preparation look to be the furthest reaching…