Hesitation does not equal lack of courage, observers caution, citing legal and domestic constraints and a likely pivot to ‘risk avoidance’.

The United States hasn’t given up its pursuit of the massive, rusted oil tanker it chased into international waters near ...

China and Russia slam Trump's Venezuela operations as Maduro faces mounting pressure from U.S. oil seizures and military ...

The president has previously argued that the U.S. should have taken Iraq's oil after the 2003 invasion, telling ABC News in ...

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed overwhelming support at the UN Security Council as tensions with the United ...

The Trump administration has ordered a two-month "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil, using "gunboat diplomacy" and a large ...

Photo: Alamy U.S. military forces are tracking an oil tanker linked to Iran and Venezuela after the vessel refused orders to stop and allow boarding, according to U.S. officials. The tanker, Bella 1, ...

Tumultuous post-election demonstrations followed Maduro's widely disputed claim to reelection in 2024, with the opposition claiming victory for the now-exiled former ambassador Edmundo Gonzalez ...

Oil prices, though, are on course for their steepest annual decline since 2020 as investors weighed U.S. economic growth and assessed the risk of supply disruptions including in Venezuela.

For the past decade, every administration in Washington has said Venezuela represents an extraordinary threat to the United ...

Joe Rogan has turned from a strong supporter of President Donald Trump to an increasingly vocal critic of his policies.

The U.S. is gathering more manpower and weaponry to seize the sanctioned Bella 1 as it flees in the Atlantic.