A Coast Guard vessel was slicing through the Atlantic Ocean, with its target in sight just a half mile away, when a realization set in. The crew was going to need backup, U.S. officials said.

The authoritarian socialist claimed victory in Venezuela’s 2024 presidential election despite ballot audits that showed he ...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov publicly called on the United States to explain the legal and factual basis for the ...

Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete blockade’ of all U.S.‑sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers entering or leaving the ...

Venezuela's parliament on Tuesday approved a measure that would criminalize a broad range of activities that can hinder ...

The comment was made during an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which Venezuela called over the U.S.' recent ...

The US has been pursuing the tanker, identified as the Bella 1, since Sunday after spotting it off Venezuela’s coast.

Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday accused the United States of committing the “greatest extortion known in our history” at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council ...

A sanctioned oil tanker pursued by US forces turned away from Venezuela and retreated out into the Atlantic Ocean, according ...

The U. S. Coast Guard (USCG) has called for reinforcements to join in seizing and boarding a massive oil tanker on the run ...

In their view, the blockade of oil tankers going into, and out of, Venezuela violates "fundamental rules of international law" ...

Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to seize or detain ships, legal experts said.