By Marianna Parraga and Shariq Khan HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) – U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are struggling to absorb a rapid increase in Venezuelan crude shipments since last month’s landmark $2 billion supply deal between Caracas and Washington, pressuring prices and leaving some volumes unsold, according to traders and shipping data. Weak U.S. demand … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to warn Wednesday that the Trump administration is ready to take further military action against Venezuela if the country’s interim leadership deviates from U.S. expectations. In prepared testimony for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio says the US is not at war with … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two Iranian-backed militias in the Middle East are showing a willingness to launch new attacks, possibly trying to support Iran, as officials acknowledged Monday the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the region. President Donald Trump ordered carriers to move to the Middle East as he threatened military … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly gathering pace, despite authorities shutting the Islamic Republic off the Internet and much of the world. Towns and cities reek of smoke as fire-damaged mosques and government offices line the streets. Banks were set on fire, ATMs … Read more
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday criticized his European allies for what he described as the continent’s slow, fragmented and inadequate response to Russia’s nearly four-year-old invasion and its continued international aggression. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Zelenskyy listed a series of grievances and criticisms of Europe … Read more
Mark Carney spoke for America’s frustrated allies at Davos – but they’re not going anywhere America’s Western allies have had enough—or so they say. This week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, one world leader after another expressed frustration with the United States over its increasingly hostile behavior toward them and called for … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hackers disrupted Iranian state television’s satellite broadcasts of footage supporting the country’s exiled crown prince and calling on security forces not to “point guns at the people,” footage showed online early Monday, the latest disruption after nationwide protests in the country. The hacking comes as the death toll in … Read more
A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To receive it in your inbox, register for free Here. Concerned about the loss of unified Republican power in Washington and puzzled by a lack of public support, President Donald Trump continues to talk about skipping the midterm elections in November, when Republicans could … Read more
Isfahan Refinery, one of the largest refineries in Iran. – Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu/Getty Images The United States is weighing whether to strike Iran as turmoil intensifies for the country’s authoritarian regime. Iran’s government is at its weakest point in years, destabilizing yet another OPEC nation less than two weeks after the United States toppled Venezuela’s government. … Read more
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made a scathing criticism of the President of Donald Trump threatens to take Greenland in a Senate speech Wednesday, warning it would be an “unprecedented act of self-harm” and “more disastrous” for his legacy than withdrawing from Afghanistan under the president. Joe Biden’s term. Trump’s rhetoric directed at the self-governing territory … Read more