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Russian Tanker Anatoly Kolodkin docks at Cuban port of Matanzas
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Russian Tanker Anatoly Kolodkin Arrives in Cuba with 100,000 Tons of Crude Oil

April 6, 2026 fwstaff
By Orinoco Tribune The Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin arrived in Cuba with a humanitarian cargo of 100,000 tons of crude oil, reports the Russian Ministry of Transport. The vessel is now waiting to unload […]
Russian troops operate anti-drone defenses
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Entering the fifth year of the Ukraine War

February 17, 2026 fwstaff
By David Sole February 24 marks the end of the fourth year of Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine. On that day in 2022 military units of the Russian Federation moved decisively against a Ukrainian […]
Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations in a Security Council meeting on December 23, 2025
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At UN, Venezuela Accuses US of Oil Theft, Colonial Blockade; Russia and China Condemn Aggression While US Killings Continue

December 26, 2025 fwstaff
By Orinoco Tribune staff Tuesday, Dec. 23, during an emergency United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting, Venezuela condemned what it called the “confession of a crime of aggression” by the United States. Ambassador Samuel Moncada […]
European officials gathered November 24 to discuss Trump’s 28 point peace plan
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War and Peace in Ukraine

November 30, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole Recent reports from the front lines in Ukraine confirm what the Russian Ministry of Defense and President Putin announced several weeks ago – thousands of Ukrainian troops have been surrounded and are […]
Will Trump use Tomahawk missiles in Ukraine to avert battlefield defeat?
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Battlefield Crisis Facing Ukraine

November 8, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole Over the past year media reports from both pro-Ukraine and pro-Russia sources have agreed that Russian Federation forces have been making slow but steady advances all along the 600-mile-long line of contact. […]
Mali leader Assimi Goita with gold resources
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Mali Fuel Blockade Worsens Amid Restructuring of Mining Industry

November 2, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe In the resource-rich West African state of Mali thousands are lining up daily in the capital of Bamako to purchase what limited amount of petroleum remains inside the country. Over the last […]
Russia's President Putin warns European leaders not to bolster Ukraine with frozen Russian assets
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Trump, EU signal more war in Ukraine

October 13, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole In a public posting on Tuesday, September 23, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a sea change that promises continued US war against Russia in Ukraine. Trump reversed months of policies that pointed […]
3,350 of these ERAM missiles are being produced for Ukraine
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Poland Threatens NATO War Against Russia

September 17, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole On September 10 Poland reported that 19 Russian drones had entered its airspace and were shot down by NATO jet fighters stationed in that country.  There were no reported casualties. The drones […]
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White House ‘Peace Deals’ Prove Deadly

August 28, 2025 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe United States President Donald Trump has been requesting that he be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize when the international climate is becoming far more dangerous with the existence of geopolitical conflicts […]
Ukrainian youth protest dissolution of anti-corruption agencies
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Trump Keeps Backing Ukraine Proxy War

August 6, 2025 fwstaff
By David Sole The Ukraine war against the Russian Federation grinds on but is not going to plan as envisioned by the U.S. and its NATO allies. The plan was to back a coup in […]