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Cuba has announced the death of 32 ⁠of its citizens during the United States military operation to abduct and detain Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Caracas. Havana said on Sunday that there would be two days of mourning on ‌January 5 and ‌6 in ⁠honor of those killed and that...

Delcy Rodriguez, formerly Venezuela’s vice president, has been formally sworn in to lead the South American country following the abduction of Nicolas Maduro in a United States military operation. On Monday, Rodriguez appeared before Venezuela’s National Assembly to take her oath of office. Speaking...

Donald Trump has said the U.S. “captured” Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flew them out of the South American country during a pre-dawn assault on Caracas and the surrounding region. The U.S. attorney general, Pam Bondi, said the couple would face criminal...

The United States military has conducted another deadly strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean, killing four, according to the Pentagon. The attack on Thursday comes as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has faced renewed scrutiny over the strikes after it was...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The dual strikes on Sunday bring the total number of known attacks up to 19 and the death toll to at...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her struggle to achieve a democratic transition in the South American nation, winning recognition as a woman “who keeps the flame of democracy burning amid a growing darkness.” The former opposition...

Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made the request in a letter addressed to Russia’s ambassador to the UN and council...

United States President Donald Trump says American forces have carried out a third strike targeting a ship that he claimed was “trafficking illicit narcotics,” killing at least three men on board. The announcement, late on Friday, came as Venezuela accused the U.S. of waging an “undeclared war” in...

Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States had carried out a strike on a second Venezuelan boat and killed three alleged terrorists he claimed were transporting drugs, expanding his administration’s war against drug cartels and the scope of lethal military force to stop them. The U.S...

Venezuelan opposition leaders and civil society groups said on Sunday that the government released 13 people jailed in a crackdown by the government of President Nicolás Maduro following last year’s disputed elections. Venezuelan authorities did not immediately confirm the releases, but opposition...