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Could Trump’s $50m reward succeed in toppling Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro?
Tyler Hicks, Al Jazeera English
The US government has offered a record amount of money for information leading to Maduro's arrest. Will it work?
Nov 25, 2025, 6:03 PM
Timeline: 26 years of fraught US-Venezuela relations
Marium Ali, Al Jazeera English
US-Venezuela relations have reached one of their most volatile moments in decades. Here is how we got here.
Nov 25, 2025, 10:52 AM
Venezuela rejects 'ridiculous' US plan to designate Cartel de los Soles as terrorist organization
Reuters, Yahoo Entertainment
(Reuters) -The Venezuelan government on Monday rejected what it called a "ridiculous" U.S. plan to designate the "nonexistent" Cartel de los Soles a...
Nov 24, 2025, 12:41 PM
Why did US let Dodik off the hook and hand Europe’s ailing heart to Russia?
Esad Širbegović, Al Jazeera English
The US decision to lift sanctions on the Bosnian Serb leader effectively enabled Russia to annex half of Bosnia.
Nov 14, 2025, 2:21 PM
Colombia seeks joint “actions” on drug trade
Al Jazeera English
“The United States needs to revise its strategy … instead of insisting on criminalising the drug trade.”
Nov 9, 2025, 12:56 PM
Syria's Sharaa arrives in US for Trump talks after sanctions lifted
BBC News
The Syrian leader will meet the US President at the White House on Monday for security talks.
Nov 9, 2025, 4:37 AM
Hungary claims ‘indefinite’ US sanctions waiver for Russian energy imports
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
Foreign minister says Budapest 'obtained an indefinite exemption from the sanctions' on Russian oil and gas shipments.
Nov 8, 2025, 8:46 PM
Trump says he may give Hungary an exemption on Russian oil sanctions
BBC News
Trump has recently increased pressure on US allies to curb their spending on Russian oil.
Nov 7, 2025, 10:25 PM
US removes Syrian president from global ‘terrorist’ sanctions list
Brian Osgood, Al Jazeera English
US has rolled back sanctions that could complicate Syria's efforts to rebuild following years of devastating civil war.
Nov 7, 2025, 8:11 PM
Russia's oil revenues plunge just as US sanctions hit when Moscow can least afford it
Huileng Tan, Business Insider
Russia's oil and gas revenues totaled 7.5 trillion rubles over the first 10 months of 2025, down from 9.5 trillion in the same period last year.
Nov 7, 2025, 6:26 AM
UNSC votes to drop sanctions on Syria’s al-Sharaa ahead of Washington visit
Abby Rogers, Al Jazeera English
Fourteen members of the UN Security Council voted in favour of the US-drafted resolution. China abstained.
Nov 6, 2025, 11:06 PM
North Korea accuses US of ‘wicked’ hostility over cybercrime sanctions
Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English
US Treasury accuses Pyongyang of stealing $3bn in digital assets for its nuclear weapons programme over three years.
Nov 6, 2025, 6:37 AM
Cuba: Health Under Sanction
Al Jazeera English
Free, universal, but failing - Cuba's once world-class healthcare system is being strangled by US sanctions.
Nov 3, 2025, 9:47 AM
Trumps threatens Nigeria with military action, aid cuts over alleged anti-Christian persecution
CBC News
The warning of possible military action came after Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu earlier on Saturday pushed back on Trump announcing that he was designating the West African country 'a country of particular concern' for allegedly failing to rein in th…
Nov 1, 2025, 9:50 PM
As US blows up drug boats, Venezuelan oil sets sail
Patrick FORT, Yahoo Entertainment
While the American military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, observers say tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a...
Oct 29, 2025, 1:33 AM
Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 4 as Kyiv’s allies renew pressure on Moscow
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Air raids hit Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk region as Ukraine's allies expand sanctions on Russia.
Oct 25, 2025, 11:40 AM
US imposes sanctions on left-wing Colombian President Petro
BBC News
Washington has accused Gustavo Petro of allowing drug cartels to flourish during his time in office.
Oct 24, 2025, 10:00 PM
US sanctions Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, escalating Trump feud
Allison Griner, Al Jazeera English
The sanctions come as Petro and Trump clash over migration, drug policy and US strikes on boats in international water.
Oct 24, 2025, 8:45 PM
U.S. imposes sanctions on Colombia's president and family over drug trade allegations
The Associated Press, NPR
The sanctions sharply escalate tensions with the leftist leader of a country that has traditionally been one of the closest U.S. allies in South America.
Oct 24, 2025, 7:33 PM
Russia’s top Indian oil buyer to comply with Western sanctions
Fiona Kelliher, Al Jazeera English
Last year, Reliance Industries Ltd signed a deal with Russian major Rosneft to import nearly 500,000 barrels per day.
Oct 24, 2025, 5:46 PM
Is Trump losing patience with Putin over the Ukraine war?
Al Jazeera English
New US sanctions imposed as summit scrapped days after announcement.
Oct 23, 2025, 10:06 PM
Russia’s Putin defiant in face of US sanctions over Ukraine war
Abby Rogers, Al Jazeera English
Russian leader says sanctions are 'serious for us' but insisted he would not bend to US pressure over war on Ukraine.
Oct 23, 2025, 8:16 PM
Trump sanctions Russian oil giants after Putin summit cancelled
Al Jazeera English
US President Donald Trump has imposed sanctions on Russia’s top oil firms to pressure Putin on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Oct 23, 2025, 12:21 PM
Trump hits Russia’s oil giants with sanctions, EU bans Russian LNG
Alastair McCready, Al Jazeera English
US president imposes sanctions as his patience wears thin over Moscow's inaction in ending the war in Ukraine.
Oct 23, 2025, 3:56 AM