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Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all "sanctioned oil tankers" into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country's authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter chokehold on the South American country's economy. Trump's escalation comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast, an ...

Wednesday, Dec 17th, 2025 - News / Pixabay Trump expands travel ban to 20 new countries US President Donald Trump issued a presidential proclamation on Tuesday expanding his prior travel ban by 20 additional countries. The ban restricts the entry of nationals from certain countries while imposing partial restrictions on others. The proclamation fully prevents nationals from five new countries from entering the US: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, ...

Tuesday, Dec 16th, 2025 - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and 34 other countries formally approved plans Tuesday to create a compensation body to pay for damages to Ukraine caused by the , but questions remain about where the money will come from. Zelenskyy told leaders gathered in the Dutch city of The Hague that he hopes for strong international support so "any damage caused by the war can be ...