The US forces seized an oil tanker linked to Venezuela on Wednesday after tracking it across the Atlantic, according to a social media post from US European Command.
Originally called the Bella 1, the tanker was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for (...)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced plans to meet with Danish officials next week to discuss the Trump administration's interest in Greenland.
Rubio's comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up (...)
US President Donald Trump is "discussing a range of options" to acquire Greenland, making clear that using the US military is not off the table.
"President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the (...)
Russia has dispatched at least one naval vessel to escort an oil tanker being chased by the US forces, according to news reports. .
The development deepens the confrontation between the two countries over the tanker, known until recently as the (...)
France and the United Kingdom have confirmed their intention to deploy their soldiers on Ukrainian soil in the event of a peace deal as part of a broader package of security guarantees for Kyiv to avoid a repeat of Russia's full-scale invasion in (...)
Aldrich Ames, a former CIA case officer arrested by the FBI and sentenced to life in prison for espionage, died in custody at the age of 84, according to a spokesperson for the US Bureau of Prisons.
The former counterintelligence officer, who was (...)
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in China on Sunday as Beijing looks to deepen ties with the nearby country after heightened tensions between China and Japan over Taiwan, a self-ruled island it claims as its sovereign territory.
China's (...)
Cuba has said 32 of its citizens were killed during the US military operation to abduct and arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas.
Havana announced two days of mourning on January 5 and 6 in honor of those (...)
RIYADH — OPEC+ countries have agreed to maintain oil output steady, sticking to the earlier decision to pause production hikes for the first quarter of 2026.
Eight OPEC+ countries—Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, UAE, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and (...)
Russia said Sunday that its forces had taken control of a village in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, as fighting continued around the front-line town of Kupiansk.
Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement that its troops captured the (...)
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Sunday that North Korea launched several ballistic missiles from its capital region in a move that violated UN Security Council resolutions.
In a statement, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were (...)
Venezuelan security forces have detained multiple Americans since the Trump administration launched an intensified military campaign and economic pressure against President Nicolas Maduro, according to the New York Times.
The detentions come amid (...)
MOSCOW — Saudi Arabia's embassy in Russia has confirmed that the mutual visa-free travel agreement between the two countries has not yet entered into force.
In a statement posted on X, the embassy said the agreement's implementation remains subject (...)
حصلتُ عام 2023 على منحة من مركز الدراسات الصيني العربي للإصلاح والتنمية، الذي مقره فرع "سونغ جيانغ" في جامعة شنغهاي للدراسات الدولية "SISU"، التي تدير المركز، ولكني اخترت الفرع الثاني للجامعة في "هونغ كو"، لأنه أقرب للأسواق والمحلات التجارية.
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Benin's president has appeared on television to reassure citizens of the West African nation that the situation was now "totally under control" following an attempted coup earlier in the day.
"I would like to commend the sense of duty demonstrated (...)
Talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators over a proposed peace deal with Russia ended in Miami this weekend, with few new developments and lingering questions over security guarantees and territorial issues, according to Ukrainian officials.
As (...)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he held a "very constructive" call with Donald Trump's peace envoy, Steve Witkoff, and the US president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as Ukraine and the US continue efforts to shape a potential deal to end (...)
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday defended a series of US strikes on alleged drug cartel boats, saying President Donald Trump has broad authority to take military action "as he sees fit" to protect the country.
The strikes, which have (...)
Russia carried out fresh air strikes across Ukraine early Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had a "very constructive" call with members of Donald Trump's negotiating team following three days of peace talks in (...)
Russia launched a large-scale overnight aerial assault across Ukraine as U.S.–Ukraine talks in Florida entered their third day, striking critical infrastructure and intensifying pressure on Kyiv amid stalled diplomatic efforts.
Ukrainian authorities (...)
Germany's Bundestag voted for a bill on Friday that allows the country to move towards conscription, as tensions with Russia spur calls for Europe to gain more independence from the US security umbrella.
The controversial bill passed with a (...)
A diamond-studded locket swallowed by a New Zealand man who tried to steal it has been "recovered", police say.
The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a "natural" manner. "Medical intervention [was] not (...)
Family ties may become strained for former South African President Jacob Zuma after his eldest daughter accused her half-sister of deceiving 17 men – half of whom are reportedly relatives – into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
The controversy (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow is ready to provide "uninterrupted shipments" of fuel to India, as Delhi faces pressure from the US to stop buying Russian oil.
Putin, speaking alongside Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, (...)
Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company's training facility in California, according to Russian media.
Oleg Artemyev was pulled from the Crew-12 (...)
