Nigeria Emphasizes Cooperation With US Amid Strikes on ISIS

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu attends an ECOWAS meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, on June 22, 2025. Olamikan Gbemiga/AP Photo The Nigerian government said on Dec. 26 that the recent U.S. strikes on ISIS were part of a broader effort to ensure regional security while affirming its collaboration with the United States and other foreign partners.

Why Trump Is Taking the Fight to Venezuela’s Doorstep

The Trump administration is tightening the net around Venezuela’s oil exports, saying that the country stole American property and that its governing regime is illegitimate. The “illegitimate Maduro regime is using oil from these stolen oil fields to finance themselves, drug terrorism, human trafficking, murder and kidnapping,” President Donald Trump said in a Dec. 16