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9/11 Victim’s Wife Slams US over Prioritizing Ties with Saudi Over Justice

National chairwoman of 9/11 Families and Survivors United for Justice Against Terrorism Terry Strada told Hill.TV that both Republican and Democratic administrations have taken the side of Saudi Arabia in the lawsuit on Riyadh’s role in the terror attack. “They have sided with the Saudis more than they have sided ...

March 12, 2019

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CIA director Mike Pompeo, who was picked by President Donald Trump to lead US foreign policy

US to Pull All Remaining Diplomatic Staff from Venezuela

The United States will withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from its embassy in Caracas, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said late Monday. The move worsens already tattered relations, with President Donald Trump having said he rules out no options including military intervention to oust President Nicolas Maduro. The US has ...

March 12, 2019

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US Sanctions Russia-based Bank over ‘Venezuela Dealings’

The US Treasury slapped sanctions Monday on a Russia-based bank partly owned by Venezuela for its support for the government of President Nicolas Maduro and the sanctioned state oil company PDVSA. The sanctions targeted Moscow-based Evrofinance Mosnarbank, which when founded in 2011 was 50 percent-owned by leading Russian banks and ...

March 11, 2019

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Arms Sales to Middle East Have Increased Dramatically: US Top Exporter

Arms flows to the Middle East have increased by 87 percent over the past five years and now account for more than a third of the global trade, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a report on Sunday. The defense think-tank’s annual survey showed that Saudi Arabia ...

March 11, 2019

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Venezuelan Gov’t Making Efforts to Restore Electricity within Few Hours: Maduro

Venezuelan authorities are making every effort so that the national electricity supply system can be restored within a few hours, the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, said on Sunday. “The national power supply system has been subject to numerous cyberattacks, which led to its disruption and prevented attempts to restore ...

March 10, 2019

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Maduro: Cyber-Attack Prevented Power Restoration

Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that a new cyber-attack had prevented authorities from restoring power throughout the country following a blackout on Thursday that caused chaos. Maduro told supporters in Caracas that almost 70 percent of power had been restored when “we received at midday another cyber-attack at ...

March 10, 2019

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US Officials Celebrating While Venezuela Witnesses Power Outage: Venezuelan FM

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza lashed out at politicians close to US President Donald Trump for “celebrating” in the wake of electricity supply issues facing the South American country. “While the Venezuelan society has calmly accepted the circumstances that resulted from the sabotage in the country’s electric power industry, and ...

March 9, 2019

World

Pentagon Warns: Turkey to Face ‘Grave Consequences’ for Acquisition of Russian S-400

The US warned that Turkey’s military relationship with Washington will face serious consequences if Ankara takes possession of the Russian S-400 air defense system. “If Turkey takes the S-400, there would be grave consequence in terms of our military relationship, and the Patriots and the F-35s,” Defense Department spokesperson Charlie ...

March 9, 2019

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Venezuela Plunged into Darkness after Huge Power Cut

Most of Venezuela was plunged into darkness on Thursday evening after a huge power cut that the government of President Nicolas Maduro blamed on sabotage. Apart from a few buildings with electricity supplied from a private generator, AFP reporters said the capital Caracas was hit by a total blackout at ...

March 8, 2019

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US to Punish Foreign Entities Financing Venzuela’s Maduro: Bolton

The United States will impose sanctions on foreign institutions helping to finance Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the White House said Wednesday. “The United States is putting foreign financial institutions on notice that they will face sanctions for being involved in facilitating ‘illegitimate transactions’ that benefit Nicolas Maduro and his corrupt ...

March 6, 2019