U.S. forces have taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to a new report.

U.S. forces have seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News.

U.S. forces have taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to a new report.

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Trump announces the U.S. has seized the largest oil tanker ever off Venezuela's coast amid rising tensions with Maduro.

President Donald Trump says the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela as tensions mount with the government of President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of "international piracy", vowing never to be an "oil colony".

Maduro continues to call for dialogue but has warned he will stand against the ‘aggressions of imperialism’ if needed

The US seizure of a crude oil ship is the latest in a series of escalations in the Trump administration's pressure campaign on Venezuela.

The US seized an oil tanker, a move that sent oil prices higher and escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas.

The United States had 13 combat vessels in the region by November as it piles pressure onto Venezuela’s Maduro

The U.S. is preparing to seize more oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, sources familiar with the matter…

WASHINGTON: An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White House said Thursday, as fears mount of open…

Trump said that “other things are happening” in addition to the U.S. military’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker

Further ship seizures could be aimed at tightening the financial screws on Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.