The US intensified its aggressive harassment of Venezuelan shipping on Sunday by pursuing yet another tanker, escalating Washington’s siege on Venezuela’s critical oil industry amid unproven accusations.
Category: 2. World
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US in 'pursuit' of third Venezuelan oil tanker in Caribbean piracy series
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Iran-EAEU coop. paves way for 'powerful region': President Pezeshkian
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described cooperation between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union as a long-term strategy to strengthen national sovereignty and establish a regional power hub.
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Why Croatia’s capital wants to hold the best Christmas market
Guy Delauney Balkans correspondent
AFP via Getty ImagesZagreb’s Christmas market was voted the best in Europe three years in a row Christmas markets are not just tradition across Europe, they are big businesses that give cities a huge economic…
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Divided between two states, the town at the heart of America’s abortion debate
Eve WebsterBristol, Virginia
BBCThe US town of Bristol, population around 44,000, is a divided community.
Split between Virginia and Tennessee, the state line runs literally down main street. While both sides have much in common, there is one major…
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A memorial ends – but Bondi tragedy has left Australia reeling, again
Tiffanie TurnbullBondi Beach
Getty ImagesThere’s been an outpouring of support from the community – but tension remains As helicopters circled overhead, sirens descended on her suburb, and people ran screaming down her street on 14 December, Mary…
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In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians flee junta airstrikes and a forced election
Yogita LimayeSouth Asia and Afghanistan correspondent in Myanmar
BBCIang Za Kim had to flee her home after the junta launched air strikes nearby Late one night last month Iang Za Kim heard explosions in a neighbouring village, then fighter jets…
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US reportedly pursuing third oil tanker linked to Venezuela
The US Coast Guard is in “active pursuit” of another vessel in international waters near Venezuela, an official has told the BBC’s US partner CBS News, as tensions in the region continue to escalate.
US authorities have already seized two oil…
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Killing Jews Israeli false flag op. to exploit anti-Semitism
TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi says that killing of Jews is done by the Zionist Israeli regime in a bid to claim anti-Semitism is on the rise to exploit the situation.
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The Unites States of extreme folly is a fact?
NORTH CAROLINA – I write from the realm of average Americans of conscience. I write from the world of Americans who live in what is recognizably a grotesque and a widening dystopia that week by week just seems to get worse as the USA under…
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9 killed, 10 injured in a shooting in South Africa
The incident occurred just before 1 a.m. in the township of Bekkersdal which is located 46 kilometers (28 miles) west of Johannesburg. It is the second mass shooting to happen in South Africa in three weeks.
About 12 unknown suspects in a white…
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