Venezuela: US moves to seize Russian-flagged tanker
US forces have reportedly boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks. DW has the latest....
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US forces have reportedly boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker in North Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks. DW has the latest....
Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in the country's first general election since a takeover that installed a military government five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships incl...
Amid regional tension and diplomatic uncertainty, Israel reported the targeted killing of an Iranian operative in Lebanon....
At a moment of regional tension and uncertainty, Israel reported the targeted killing of an Iranian agent in Lebanon....
Nicolas Maduro appeared in a US courtroom on January 5, 2026. He pleaded "Not Guilty" to drug trafficking and other charges, insisting he is still Venezuela's president. Maduro's kidnapping is being j...
Iranian forces "behaved with savage brutality" when they stormed a hospital in Ilam, a nurse told DW. Mass protests continue to grow....
China unveiled the DF-26 at a military parade in 2015. Xinhua/Xu Suhui New Pentagon maps show the estimated ranges of China's vast missile arsenal. Missiles can reach Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, G...
In an operation that stunned observers around the world, US forces arrested Venezuela’s president and his wife in Caracas and transported them to New York where they will face criminal charges....
During a US military operation in Venezuela, troops removed a sitting head of state, President Nicolás Maduro, and his wife Cilia Flores. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, Gavin Lee welc...
President Donald Trump said US forces will "start now hitting land" in Mexico targeting drug cartels, following months of naval strikes against narcoboats. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has expr...
Deadly fighting between Kurdish forces and Syria's national army in Aleppo has led to new widespread displacement. As thousands flee amid shelling, can US, Turkish, and UN mediators stop a full-scale ...
'We are at war against drug trafficking organizations, it's not a war against Venezuela,' Secretary of State Marco Rubio told NBC News. His comments come a day after US military forces captured Presid...
Ukraine’s allies are meeting on January 6 in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country’s security after a potential ceasefire with Russia. But there are concerns that the Trump adminis...
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters China's military is conducting massive war games all around Taiwan. The e...
Khaleda Zia has died after battling serious illness for months at a hospital in Dhaka....
The chief of the EU executive pledged Europe's full support for Syria's recovery after meeting interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus on Friday....
Reza Pahlavi, the US-based son of Iran's ousted shah, urged Iranian security forces and government employees on January 11 to join the swelling protest movement in the Islamic republic. But despite wa...
Greenland sits off the northeastern coast of Canada, with more than two-thirds of its territory lying within the Arctic Circle making its location crucial to the defence of North America since World W...
The demonstrations, which were sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have been met with a crackdown by Iran's Islamic regime. Donald Trump has said the US will hit Iran "very hard" if prote...
Kurt Volker said Trump wants a quick end to the war, but the conflict continues because Russia's Putin believes he can still prevail....