Trump says US has seized oil tanker off coast of Venezuela

An oil tanker being seized by US forces off the coast of Venezuela (U.S. Attorney General’s Office/X via AP)

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

It is the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on Mr Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism in the United States.