Few words in international politics carry more legal and emotional weight than “blockade.” It evokes warships sealing ports, neutral vessels turned back at gunpoint, belligerents asserting control ...

Chinese oil tankers are pressing ahead with Venezuela-linked voyages despite a U.S. blockade and an escalating campaign of tanker seizures. Two Chinese-flagged VLCCs are operating near Venezuelan ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's People's Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called ...

Venezuela started shutting wells in the Orinoco Belt due to a blockade by the Trump administration. Petroleos de Venezuela SA aims to reduce Orinoco Belt production by at least 25% to 500,000 barrels ...

The Trump administration has ordered the U.S. military to enforce a two-month "quarantine" of Venezuelan oil as part of an intensified "gunboat diplomacy" campaign to pressure the Maduro regime. The U ...

China is conducting big military drills that encircle the island of Taiwan on Tuesday, demonstrating its ability to blockade Taiwan completely. Taiwan's defense ministry says 71 Chinese military ...

Venezuela could lose the bulk of its oil export revenues this year if the U.S. blockade stays in place, according to internal government estimates, a scenario that would set off a humanitarian crisis.

The People’s Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command has completed its “Justice Mission 2025” drills around Taiwan, it announced on Wednesday. The drills, which began on Monday, have prompted concern ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's People's Liberation Army staged a second day of large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, unleashing a live-fire show of force as part of what it called ...

HONG KONG — China fired rockets, massed assault ships and flew bombers around Taiwan on Tuesday, simulating a military blockade in an apparent warning to the United States against supporting the ...

United Nations human rights experts have said that the United States' naval blockade of Venezuela and related military actions amount to an "armed attack" under international law, sharply criticizing ...