Trump orders full blockade off Venezuela
US President Donald Trump has ordered what he called a “total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, a move condemned by Caracas as warmongering.…
Israel presses ahead to divide Palestinian land
Israeli authorities are expected to advance plans for about 9,000 new housing units in an illegal settlement on the site of the abandoned Qalandiya airport in occupied East Jerusalem, a…
Trump ups attacks in Somalia
The United States has sharply escalated its air war in Somalia since Donald Trump returned to office, carrying out 111 strikes against armed groups and causing civilian deaths, according to…
US and Israel continue to block ‘ceasefire’ progress over last body
The deputy US envoy to the United Nations, Jennifer Locetta, told the Security Council that the ceasefire in Gaza cannot proceed until the body of the final remaining Israeli captive…
China to set EU pork tariffs at much lower level
China announced on Tuesday that it will go ahead and impose anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports for five years, though at significantly lower rates than the temporary levies…
Russia once again says ’nyet’
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Tuesday reiterated that Moscow will accept no compromises on occupied territories and insists on retaining control over Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson,…
Trump blames everyone else for fentanyl crisis
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order designating illicit fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction, arguing it is closer to a chemical weapon than a narcotic…
UK armed forces chief plays up Russian threat
There is a growing risk Russia could attack the UK, and Britain’s armed forces chief Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton warned that the nation’s sons and daughters must be…
Israel loses legal move to block ICC probe into Gaza war crimes
The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court rejected an Israeli legal challenge aimed at blocking an investigation into its actions in Gaza, dealing a setback to Israel’s efforts to…
Zelensky more hopeful for chance of peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that progress had been made on many issues during two days of talks between Ukraine and the United States in Berlin and stressed…