Two U.S. intelligence officials said Venezuelan officials had discussed placing Soviet-era defense systems and armed military ...

Sources told USA TODAY that U.S. forces had interdicted a vessel amid a military build-up near Venezuela. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has alleged the U.S. wants to overthrow him and control ...

U.S. forces seized a second oil tanker over the weekend, escalating pressure on Venezuela as it relies on crude exports to prop up its economy. The seizure follows President Donald Trump's order to ...

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries. By Rebecca F.

President Donald Trump's new blockade on Venezuela’s sanctioned oil tankers takes square aim at a country that controls the world’s largest crude reserves. At more than 300 billion estimated barrels — ...

The United States has seized what President Trump calls the largest oil tanker ever, right off the coast of Venezuela. The vessel—named The Skipper—was reportedly linked to illicit oil trades ...

WASHINGTON -- Oil prices jumped about 3% after President Donald Trump this week threatened to blockade all sanctioned oil tankers traveling in and out of Venezuela. Venezuela, which has the largest ...

The US Coast Guard is still pursuing a vessel in international waters near Venezuela as tensions in the region escalate, President Donald Trump has confirmed. "We're actually pursuing" the tanker, ...

Dec 20 (Reuters) - The United States has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Saturday, a move that ...