In October, Washington deployed the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group from Europe to the southern Caribbean – a move that consolidates what had been haphazard interdiction and training missions into a single, layered air-sea posture. It was billed as a counter-narcotics and freedom-of-navigation mission, but its true purpose is to deny Venezuela freedom […]
On Oct. 22, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions against Russian companies Rosneft and Lukoil, as well as several...
Israel and Gaza. Indonesia and Azerbaijan may lead the Gaza stabilization force, the Israel Hayom daily reported. The two countries were included after Israel,...
Russia sanctions. The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, citing the Kremlin’s “refusal” to end the Russia-Ukraine war....
Soybean trade. China in September imported no soybeans from the United States, formerly one of its top suppliers, because of high U.S. tariffs imposed...
The Gaza ceasefire deal stipulates that a lasting peace is one in which both Palestinians and Israelis can thrive, protect their fundamental human rights,...
