U.S. forces have stopped a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters. That action Saturday has been confirmed by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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A core question for European Union leaders discussing whether to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine is whether the idea is legally sound. But even if they approve the plan, Russia has limited ...

The U.S. aim to take oil fields is stoking the risk of a confrontation with Venezuela, which has an arsenal of Russian weapons and armed cells that could mount a guerrilla war. The U.S. aim to take ...