Eight people have been killed in US boat strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean as Washington intensifies pressure on Venezuela.

Venezuela condemns a decision by the European Council to renew sanctions against the country until 2027, describing the measures as “futile.”

A passenger jet narrowly avoids a collision with a US military refueling aircraft near Venezuela’s coast.

The Venezuelan president denounces the United States for using allegations of drug trafficking as a pretext to seize his country’s natural resources, particularly oil.

The United States declares new sanctions on Venezuela, mounting added pressure on the energy-rich Latin American state.

Iran condemns the US Navy’s attack on a commercial vessel carrying Venezuelan oil off the coast of the South American country as an “act of state piracy,” warning about the consequences of such coercive measures.

Putin has expressed solidarity with Maduro and his government as the US is escalating aggression on Venezuela.