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Trump says he wants to free up Venezuelan oil flow. What was blocking it?
Trump and Rubio say they want to use the oil to help Venezuelans. That's not what the US track record shows.
Do Russia and China pose a national security threat to the US in Greenland?
White House says President Donald Trump still wants to buy Greenland, but has said military means are an option, too.
Syrian army closes Aleppo’s Kurdish areas as clashes persist
Violence follows collapse of talks aimed at absorption of semiautonomous Kurdish forces by state institutions.
Ukraine reports ‘concrete results’ from talks with Western allies
Chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov says progress has been made at key Paris summit.
US attempting to seize Venezuela-linked Russian oil tanker: Reports
Russian submarine and warship are in the vicinity as the US operation unfolds, news report says.
Peace as policy: Mediation is the core sense of modern diplomacy
Norway and Qatar have made mediation not an instrument of goodwill but a core instrument of security policy.
Yemen’s separatist leader feared being “possibly imprisoned” in Riyadh
“They[STC] basically said, Aidarous [al-Zubaidi] feared that if he's going to go to Riyadh..."
Thousands flee fighting in Syria’s Aleppo
Thousands of people have been fleeing their homes ahead of a curfew in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Thousands of refugees fleeing DR Congo arrive at Burundi camps
Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Burundi to escape violence in the eastern DRC.
LIVE: Syria to launch military operation against SDF in Aleppo
The Syrian army has declared Aleppo’s Kurdish areas 'closed military zones' and ordered civilians to leave.