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(Background) A crude oil tanker waits its turn to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on May 9, 2025. A line of ships waited their turn to load oil on Lake Maracaibo on May 9 ,2025, two weeks before the US oil company Chevron shuts down operations in Venezuela due to US sanctions. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images) / (L) Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro dances during a rally in Caracas on December 1, 2025. Venezuela does not want "a slave's peace," President Nicolas Maduro told thousands of supporters during a rally, referring to a US military deployment he said has been "testing" his country for 22 weeks. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP via Getty Images) / (R) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump recognized the first 13 service members to receive the recently established Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM), which recognizes service members supporting Customs and Border Protection on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump declares Maduro’s government a ‘TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,’ orders ‘BLOCKADE OF SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS’ into Venezuela

President Donald Trump has designated the Venezuelan government a terrorist organization and ordered a complete blockade of sanctioned oil tankers into Venezuela.

(L) U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a ceremony for the presentation of the Mexican Border Defense Medal in the Oval Office of the White House on December 15, 2025 in Washington, DC. During the ceremony, Trump recognized the first 13 service members to receive the recently established Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM), which recognizes service members supporting Customs and Border Protection on the U.S.-Mexico border. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a closed door meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on December 16, 2025 in Washington, DC. Rubio and U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are headed back to Capitol Hill to speak with lawmakers as questions mount about strikes carried out by the U.S. military on suspected drug boats out of Venezuela ordered by the Trump Administration. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images) / (Background) Image from U.S Southern Command pictures a boat in the crosshairs of a Military Aircraft prepared to strike (Photo: U.S. Southern Command)

Pentagon declines to release classified and unedited Sept. 2 drug boat strike video, citing ‘long-standing’ policy

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon will not be releasing the classified and unedited video of the September 2nd U.S. military strikes on a boat carrying narcoterrorists and cocaine in the Caribbean. However, select congressional committees would be allowed to view it privately, if they so wish, he added.

Mourners carry the body of Raid Saad, a commander of the Al-Qassam Brigades, during his funeral in the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Gaza on December 14, 2025. Saad was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a car west of Gaza City, according to Hamas. The strike occurred amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Abood Abusalama / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)

Hamas says Israel jeopardizes ceasefire after killing senior commander

Hamas confirmed the death of Raed Saad, a senior commander who was killed by an Israeli explosive device, as the two sides approach phase two of the fragile ceasefire.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 17: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a news conference in Lafayette Park outside the White House on October 17, 2025, in Washington, DC. Zelensky spoke with members of the media following a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on advancing a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Zelensky states Ukraine is willing to give up official NATO aspirations, requests ‘Article 5-like’ guarantees from the U.S.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed that he is willing to give up aspirations of Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for security guarantees to end the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he addresses a press conference with the Norwegian Prime Minister in the government's representative building in Oslo, Norway on March 20, 2025. (Photo by Ole Berg-Rusten / NTB / AFP) / Norway OUT (Photo by OLE BERG-RUSTEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

Following pressure from Trump, Zelensky says Ukraine will hold elections if Western partners provide security guarantees

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he is ready to hold elections in Ukraine after President Donald Trump criticized Zelensky for “using war not to hold an election.”

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a ceremony at Fort Tiuna military base within the presidential inauguration in Caracas on January 10, 2025. Maduro, in power since 2013, took the oath of office for a third term despite a global outcry that brought thousands out in protest on the ceremony's eve. (Photo by Juan BARRETO / AFP) (Photo by JUAN BARRETO/AFP via Getty Images)

Venezuelan leaders call Trump’s threat to close the nation’s airspace ‘illegal and unjustified aggression’

Venezuelan leaders responded to President Donald Trump’s Truth Social post announcing that Venezuelan airspace should be considered “closed in its entirety,” condemning the statement as an attempt to “undermine the sovereignty” of Venezuela.