The 10,000 U.S. troops now operating in the Caribbean were sent to interdict drug boats. But Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's Sept. 30 state of external emergency fundamentally changed what they're facing: a military on full wartime alert,

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference after addressing the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Sunday ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military on Wednesday launched its ninth strike against an alleged drug-carrying vessel, killing three people in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, expanding the Trump administration’s campaign against drug trafficking in South America.

The San Diego-based USS Alexandria, one of the Los Angeles-class hunter-killer submarines the Navy built during the Cold War to counter Russian technology and aggression, will be decommissioned next year to make way for newer, more advanced boats.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro says the nation has 5,000 Russian Igla-S missiles ready to counter U.S. forces in the Caribbean. Speaking at a televised military event, Maduro declared the surface-to-air weapons are crucial for defending national sovereignty and deterring “imperialist threats.

WARSAW, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Polish border guards said on Thursday they had seen a Russian fishing boat acting suspiciously near a gas pipeline in waters off the town of Wladyslawowo, amid anxiety over possible sabotage operations in the Baltic Sea.

President Trump announced that he was imposing sanctions on Russia for the first time in his second term, underscoring his frustration with President Vladimir V. Putin after a plan for the two leaders to meet in Budapest fell apart.