The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday, after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic as part of a U.S. “blockade” of Venezuelan oil exports, two U.S. officials told Reuters. This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the U.S….
Reuters. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday (January 5) he told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call that Venezuela must not be dragged into instability after the toppling of its leader Nicolas Maduro. Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan also said Ankara would stand with the people of Venezuela. He…
Reuters. The shopkeepers’ protest continued on Tuesday (January 6) as eyewitness videos showed protestors throwing gas canisters amid clashes with Iranian security forces in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar. Reuters was able to confirm the location of the videos by buildings and road layout which matched satellite and file imagery of the area. The date…
Deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were flown from a Brooklyn jail to Manhattan, New York, in the U.S., on Monday (January 5) to face drug charges at a federal courthouse, Reuters reports. Maduro was ousted in the biggest U.S. intervention in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama,…
Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas, Euronews reports. Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has arrived in the United States and was brought to the Metropolitan…
U.S. District Attorney Pam Bondi posted on X on Saturday (January 3) announcing that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores have been indicted in the Southern District of New York on charges including narco‑terrorism conspiracy, Reuters reports. The U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed of Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump said,…
The European Union urged the adherence to international law after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro early Saturday, Politico reports. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Maduro and his wife “will soon face the full wrath of American justice” after they were flown out of Venezuela following a…
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been captured, after the United States carried out a “large scale strike” against the country, U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a social media post on Saturday (January 3), Reuters reports. Maduro and his wife have been “captured and flown out of the Country”, Trump said in his post…
Starting early this morning, airstrikes were carried out on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Air defense systems were activated. Explosions were heard in the city, fires broke out, and entire neighborhoods were left without electricity. It is assumed that the strikes were carried out by the United States. According to media reports, targets included, among others,…
“We are building peace not only with the Government of Armenia but also with its people,” said Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan. According to him, Baku is consistently strengthening its economic interdependence with Yerevan by supplying petroleum products and facilitating the export of grain to the Armenian market. Referring to…
At least 24 people have been killed and over 50 have suffered injuries in a drone attack on a cafe and a hotel in the Kherson, TASS reports. “Last night, the enemy carried out a deliberate drone strike on a venue where civilians were celebrating the New Year. Three drones attacked a cafe and…
The US on Tuesday placed sanctions on 10 people and entities in Iran and Venezuela, linking the action to Tehran’s weapons programme. Among those sanctioned by the US Treasury was Venezuela company Empresa Aeronatica Nacional SA and its chairman Jose Jesus Urdaneta Gonzalez, who is accused of co-ordinating with the Venezuelan and Iranian armed…
On 1 January 2026, Bulgaria will adopt the euro as its currency, marking an important milestone for the country, for the history of the euro, and for the EU as a whole. This follows a period of intensive preparation and effort by Bulgaria to meet all the necessary requirements. The euro will deliver practical…
The Russian side intends to fully implement all agreements reached by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev regarding the investigation of the aviation accident involving an AZAL aircraft. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin. “As noted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, everything required in such tragic cases…
