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US Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuela Coast: Tensions Spike

U.S. forces boarded and seized a sanctioned oil tanker near Venezuela, a bold escalation that Moscow and Caracas condemned and that U.S. lawmakers warned could trigger wider conflict as Washington presses Maduro.

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12 million - People facing acute hunger in Myanmar

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"We've just seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela" — President Donald Trump

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