US seizes another Venezuela-linked tankerahead of Trump meeting with Venezuela’s opposition leader Machado’s.
US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials say, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil. The tanker, the Olina, is on multiple countries’ sanctions lists and the fifth vessel to be seized by the US in recent weeks. The US is using the seizures to... Read More
A fisherman has died and another has been seriously injured on board a Spanish fishing vessel, off the Kerry coast.
The alarm was raised just after 9am, when the Coast Guard’s Marine Rescue Co-Ordination Centre in Valentia, Co Kerry, received a call from Spanish counterparts in Madrid. It is understood the two men were injured when a rope snapped on board the fishing vessel, called Novoalborada. One of the men later died on board the... Read More
Hundreds of gunshot eye injuries in one Iranian hospital.The Guardian-The Protesters are shot in the eyes so they can no longer see, the same thing they did in [2022],” said a doctor in Tehran. The doctor added that many of the patients had to have their eyes removed and were blinded-The Guardian
Iran’s demonstrations, which started on 28 December over a sudden dip in the value of the country’s currency, have since turned into the country’s biggest anti-government protest movement since 2009. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the country each night, chanting anti-government slogans such as “death to the dictator”, a... Read More
The first U.S. sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500 million, has been completed, according to an administration official.
The details of the sale haven’t yet been disclosed, although the official said more sales are expected in the coming days and weeks. President Trump has said the U.S. will sell 30 million to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, in partnership with U.S. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said in a statement that President Trump had... Read More
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Trump would want military action in Iran to be swift and decisive, sources say”
The president has told his advisers he would want any action to deliver a decisive blow to the Iranian regime, but so far he hasn’t gotten that guarantee from them, sources say . Donald Trump would want military action in Iran to be swift and decisive, sources say. The president has told his advisers he... Read More
Russia said on Thursday that a British diplomat was being expelled after being identified as a British spy by the Federal Security Service.
The FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, named the British diplomat and said he was working undercover for Britain’s spy service. The diplomat has been given two weeks to leave Russia. Russia’s foreign ministry summoned Britain’s Charge d’affaires in Russia to protest about the situation. “It was again stressed that Moscow would not... Read More
Two men have been slashed near an apartment in Tokyo. One of them is reportedly unconscious. Police have arrested an individual on suspicion of attempted murder.
The incident happened at around 10:20 a.m. on Thursday, in Tokyo’s Suginami Ward. Investigative sources say the two victims, both in their 60s, are court bailiffs who visited the apartment to carry out an eviction. The room’s occupant, a man believed to be in his 40s, was arrested near the apartment. He had apparently accumulated... Read More
The UN Security Council is expected to meet for “a briefing on the situation in Iran,” according to a spokesperson for the Somali presidency.
The scheduling note said the briefing was requested by the United States. It comes as the US is withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a US official said, after a senior Iranian official said Iran had warned neighbours it would hit American bases if the US strikes. With Iran’s leadership trying to... Read More
Iran updates: ‘No plan’ to hang people – foreign minister
Airlines have been diverting flights to avoid using Iranian and Iraqi airspace. Meanwhile, Iran’s top diplomat denied any plans of hanging, amid earlier reports suggesting swift executions.Iran temporarily closed its airspace to most flights The US has reportedly been withdrawing troops from military bases in the region Iran has denied it planned to hang those... Read More