US Seizes Seventh Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil

US forces boarded and seized control of an oil tanker in the Caribbean, which it alleges was violating sanctions on Venezuelan oil. President Donald Trump declared a blockade of Venezuelan oil that US forces maintained after the capture of President Nicolas Maduro....

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Israel Flouts US Demand to Open Rafah Crossing

Top Israeli officials defied a demand from the White House to reopen Gaza’s only border crossing with Egypt.  On Sunday, the Israeli Security Cabinet voted against reopening the Rafah Border Crossing. Under the peace agreement brokered by President Donald Trump, Tel...

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