Hundreds of people have been killed in the year since the U.S. military began bombing boats it accused of ferrying drugs off Latin America’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts. Now, the Trump administration says it is seeking to extend that lethal campaign to land, pursuing deals that would put U.S.

What seemed unthinkable until recently due to harsh sanctions has become an official fact. The US Department of Energy has confirmed that about half of the oil produced in Venezuela is now going to the American market.

Reuters quotes U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Kyle Houstfait as saying 558,000 barrels per day are being supplied to American plants, while the country's total production is about 1.25 million barrels.

Why is this happening right now?:

by Tyler Durden

The Democratic Party has so much going for it in the 2026 midterm election season, yet it looks like one man in particular might blow it for them. Hasan Piker, the 35-year-old left-wing influencer, is becoming a genuine electoral liability that could extend well beyond the races he's personally gotten involved in, and according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Democrats are trying to do something about it.

by Michael Snyder, themostimportantnews.com

At least 20 people were killed and dozens of buildings collapsed in cities across western Colombia on Monday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the South American nation, trapping residents under debris, leaving more injured and forcing people to evacuate their homes as far as the capital of Bogota.

Local officials confirmed that at least 18 people had been killed in the city of Pereira and two in the city of Manizales.

by Tyler Durden

Israel is at the heart of Washington’s long-running tensions with Colombia and its outgoing President Gustavo Petro, Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio has told RT.

In an exclusive interview aired on Sunday, Villavicencio insisted that the decisive factor behind US sanctions on Petro was not his alleged failure to combat drug trafficking but rather his outspoken support for Palestine and repeated accusations that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on 31 July that it will hold hearings from 7 to 10 September on Germany's bid to dismiss Nicaragua's landmark genocide case, hoping to prevent judges from ruling on Berlin's role in enabling Israel's ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza.

Germany filed its preliminary objections to Nicaragua's case on 21 October 2025, challenging the court's jurisdiction and arguing that several of Nicaragua's claims are inadmissible.