Tensions are intensifying after China issued a powerful warning to the United States during an emergency UN Security Council ...

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

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has seized a foreign-crewed oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, escalating tensions across critical global shipping lanes. The interception comes amid heightened pressure from ...

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 to people familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration continues a ...

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.

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

The days-long pursuit highlights the mismatch between the Trump administration's desire to seize sanctioned oil tankers near ...