Marco Rubio said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov personally asked him to deliver a message from Vladimir Putin to US President Donald Trump regarding planned strikes on Kyiv. Rubio said Lavrov informed him Russia would continue targeting facilities allegedly linked to Ukraine’s military operations. The warning highlighted rising tensions amid continuing Russian attacks on the […]
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US seizes Venezuela-linked tanker after chase
The United States has seized a Russia-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela after a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic. The vessel, formerly known as Bella-1 and now called Marinera, slipped through a US maritime blockade of sanctioned tankers. The US Coast Guard and military carried out the operation in international waters. US forces tracked the […]