Denmark tells Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland

Denmark tells Trump to stop threatening to seize Greenland

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 28, 2025.  Nadja Wohlleben | Reuters Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned President Donald Trump to stop threatening to acquire Greenland just a day after the U.S. carried out a military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. “The … Read more

Maduro is out but his top allies still hold power in Venezuela

Maduro is out but his top allies still hold power in Venezuela

Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks past portraits of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the liberator Simon Bolivar during the presentation of the 2026 fiscal year budget at the National Congress in Caracas on Dec. 4, 2025. Pedro Mattey | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — praised … Read more

Maduro overthrow in oil-rich Venezuela unlikely to shake energy markets in the near term

Maduro overthrow in oil-rich Venezuela unlikely to shake energy markets in the near term

President Donald Trump’s overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro in oil-rich Venezuela is unlikely to shock energy markets in the near term, analysts told CNBC on Saturday. While the scale of the U.S. attack was unexpected, markets had already priced in a conflict with Venezuela that would disrupt oil exports, said Arne Lohmann Rasmussen, chief analyst … Read more

Trump says U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela after Maduro’s overthrow

Trump says U.S. oil companies will invest billions of dollars in Venezuela after Maduro’s overthrow

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks at him following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump on Saturday … Read more

U.S. indictment against Venezuela President Maduro, wife is unsealed

U.S. indictment against Venezuela President Maduro, wife is unsealed

A federal indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his wife and four other people with narco-terrorism conspiracy and other charges was unsealed Saturday and posted online by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on the heels of the couple’s dramatic capture by American forces in their own country. “For over 25 years, leaders of Venezuela have … Read more

Japan stocks and bond yields jump after central bank hikes policy rate to highest in decades

Japan stocks and bond yields jump after central bank hikes policy rate to highest in decades

Aerial view of Mt. Fuji, Tokyo Tower and modern skyscrapers in Tokyo on a sunny day. Yongyuan | E+ | Getty Images Japan equities and bond yields jumped after the central bank raised its policy rate to a three-decade high. The decision comes as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years … Read more

Watch live: President Trump addresses the nation from the White House

Watch live: President Trump addresses the nation from the White House

[The stream is slated to start at 9 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump will deliver a live address to the nation from the White House at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The speech comes as several polls show his approval … Read more

Trump vowed to block tankers carrying Venezuela’s oil — nearly a dozen are at sea right now

Trump vowed to block tankers carrying Venezuela’s oil — nearly a dozen are at sea right now

A U.S. military helicopter flies near an oil tanker during a raid described by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2025, in a still image from video. U.S. Attorney General | Via Reuters At least 34 U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers with a history … Read more

Oil rebounds from lowest levels since 2021 after Trump orders Venezuela oil tanker blockade

Oil rebounds from lowest levels since 2021 after Trump orders Venezuela oil tanker blockade

U.S. crude futures rose more than 1% Wednesday as Trump ordered “a total and complete” block of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela. Chinaface | E+ | Getty Images Crude oil prices bounced back from near four-year lows Wednesday, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will block sanctioned tankers from entering and … Read more

Seized tanker will go to U.S. port, Trump administration intends ‘to seize the oil’

Seized tanker will go to U.S. port, Trump administration intends ‘to seize the oil’

U.S. forces abseil onto an oil tanker during a raid described by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, Dec. 10, 2025, in a still image from video. U.S. Attorney General | Via Reuters The White House said Thursday that a large crude oil tanker … Read more