Russia standoff was unfolding in the Atlantic after Russia sent naval assets to the aid of a tanker being pursued by the U.S. forces.

The U.S. military has seized two oil tankers linked to Venezuela. The Trump administration said the two ships, the Marinera in the North Atlantic and the Sophia in the Caribbean, were carrying sanctioned oil.

THIS is the nail-biting moment a US ship stalks a rogue “Axis of Evil” tanker off Britain’s coasts as it desperately attempts to flee to Russia. Washington has deployed special

Venezuela was loading crude only for U.S. major Chevron on Tuesday, while operations by state-run oil firm PDVSA to load cargoes for its main customers in China remained on hold for a fifth day, shipping data showed.

The Marinera, registered under a Russian flag, is the third sanctioned tanker the US has seized in recent weeks, Alex Croft reports