U.S. destroyers are the backbone of the U.S. Navy's surface fleet, though China is rapidly building a modern fleet of warships to compete with them.

USS Stockdale (DDG-106) is now operating in the Caribbean alongside seven U.S. Navy surface warships as part of the Trump ...

Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at CNN ...

The move comes amid escalating tensions with Washington, which sent three warships and 4,000 Marines towards Venezuela last ...

The U.S. Navy told Newsweek that it closely tracks all vessels in the area of operations as part of its normal daily operations.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro condemned the deployment of three US warships off his nation’s coast, calling it an “illegal” regime change attempt — though his own presidency is considered ...