The ship, currently sailing between Iceland and the British Isles, has been accused by Washington of violating US sanctions.

The White House says President Donald Trump and his advisers are looking into “a range of options” in an effort to acquire Greenland and that using the US military to do so is “always an option”.

Russia and China call on the United States to immediately release Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is illegally jailed in New York after being kidnapped during an armed aggression against his country.

Condemnations have poured in after US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had carried out a “large scale military strike” against Venezuela and captured its leader, President Nicolas Maduro.

Russian authorities report that the death toll from a Ukrainian drone strike at a New Year’s party in a café in the Kherson region has risen to at least 27 people.

Russia has formally asked the United States stop chasing an oil tanker that had been sailing for Venezuela to pick up oil, a report says.

Putin has reaffirmed Russia’s determination to achieve victory in the Western-backed war in Ukraine.