Few words in international politics carry more legal and emotional weight than “blockade.” It evokes warships sealing ports, neutral vessels turned back at gunpoint, belligerents asserting control ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's People's Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called ...

Chinese oil tankers are pressing ahead with Venezuela-linked voyages despite a U.S. blockade and an escalating campaign of tanker seizures. Two Chinese-flagged VLCCs are operating near Venezuelan ...

Venezuela started shutting wells in the Orinoco Belt due to a blockade by the Trump administration. Petroleos de Venezuela SA aims to reduce Orinoco Belt production by at least 25% to 500,000 barrels ...

The Trump administration has ordered the U.S. military to enforce a two-month "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil as part of an intensified "gunboat diplomacy" campaign to pressure the Maduro regime. The U ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new questions about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America, while ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Oil prices jumped about 3% after Trump's threatened blockade. Oil prices jumped about 3% after President Donald Trump this week threatened to blockade all sanctioned oil tankers traveling in and out ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new questions about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America, while ...

Washington — President Donald Trump’s “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is raising new questions about the legality of his military campaign in Latin America, while fueling ...

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