US President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela.
In a post on Truth Social, he said Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s government had been…
Donald Trump has ordered “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro.
The move comes amid an escalating campaign by…
In his post, Trump said Venezuela was “completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America”.
He added that it will “only get bigger” and “be like nothing they have ever seen before”.
Trump also accused…
“They have suddenly dusted off something called the Cartel of the Suns,” said Venezuela’s powerful Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello. “They’ve never and will never be able to prove its existence because it doesn’t exist. It’s an imperialist…
Key events
That’s where we’ll leave you this evening. Here’s a snapshot of the events of today:
Alleged Bondi gunman Naveed Akram, who…
