Venezuela crisis
‘It ran and we followed’: US forces chase down oil tanker near Australian islands
The military boarded the sanctioned Venezuela-linked vessel in the Indian Ocean after “hunting” it for some 15,000 kilometres from the Caribbean, the Pentagon said.
- Michael Koziol
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- Analysis
- Trump's White House
Of all the jaw-dropping spectacles at the White House, this was one of the most bizarre
Donald Trump grinned broadly as he posed with María Corina Machado on Thursday. Shortly after, she left. Her medal stayed. It was a window into the president’s psyche.
- David E. Sanger
Trump 2.0 is all about power. His biggest move may be just days away
Under Trump 2.0, the so-called norms of the rules-based order are being tossed aside in favour of raw power and brute strength. But it won’t necessarily pay off.
- Michael Koziol
Trump says US oversight of Venezuela could last years
But the US president appears to have backed down on a threat of military action against Colombia. Meanwhile, the Senate has delivered a rare pushback against him.
- Patricia Zengerle
- Opinion
- National
To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump
Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one has prevailed, or the factions have agreed.
- Waleed Aly
- Opinion
- Markets
Trump has pulled the US into a joint venture with a leftist kleptocracy
Little now remains of the moral and legal order that we used to call the West.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
The record cocaine haul and a panicked ‘insider’: US outlines case against Maduro
For customs agents at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport, what they found inside 30 suitcases was like nothing they had ever seen.
- Colin Freeman
Trump wants Greenland. And Europe finally believes him
The White House is serious about its desire to claim and control Greenland. European officials believe the threat of a unilateral move is all too real.
- Ishaan Tharoor
US forces seize Russian oil tanker, risking military clash
The military operation, which seized two ships, including a Russian one, represents a dramatic escalation in tensions between Trump and Putin.
- David Crowe
- Analysis
- China relations
Discomforting moment for Beijing, caught on camera hours before Trump’s raid
The next image the world would see was of Nicolás Maduro shackled and blindfolded aboard a US warship, bound for a New York courtroom on narco-conspiracy charges.
- Lisa Visentin