US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s campaign against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, whose government called the seizure an act of international piracy. Lucy Hough talks to the Guardian’s deputy head of international news, Devika Bhat.

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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.

Donald Trump's announcement came a day before Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was set to address the world from Oslo. The US has…

The United States seized an oil tanker near Venezuela amid ongoing tensions between President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

The Trump administration has released video of what it says is the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela following months of US military buildup around the region.…

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.

WASHINGTON: The United States has seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, further escalating tensions between Washington and…

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

Trump also said Colombia’s president ‘will be next’ as he announced major escalation in US pressure on Nicolás Maduro

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.

We look at what is behind the deployment of a large US military force to within striking distance of Venezuela.

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

US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s campaign against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, whose government…

US forces have seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in a major escalation of Donald Trump’s campaign against the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, whose government…

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…

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

Editorial: The US is ramping up the pressure on Nicolás Maduro with a tanker seizure and expanded sanctions following threats and boat strikes