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The Trump administration has for months increased pressure on the Maduro government through a series of diplomatic and military maneuvers. Source link
Several Latin American leaders responded with especial anger, while European leaders were more cautious. President Trump’s audacious raid drew support, too. Source link
Briefing ambassadors on Tuesday, UN Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari said that US military presence and operations off Venezuela’s coast have expanded since the Council last discussed the issue in October, further heightening tensions.The United States has described its expanded military deployment as part of what it calls a “non-international armed conflict” against drug cartels and trafficking, Mr. Khiari said.“President Donald Trump has stated that he is going to use ‘the full power of the United States to take on and eradicate these drug cartels no matter where they’re operating from’.”The Venezuelan Government, including its Permanent Representative to the UN, has…
A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika was living peacefully with her family before armed violence and insecurity forced them to flee. “We had to leave our home, and my sister almost died because of her asthma,” she said. Haiti remains firmly in the grip of a security crisis as gangs battle for control of territory in the capital and beyond.Insecurity has caused the displacement of hundreds of thousands of people which has added to the humanitarian and economic crises…
US President Donald Trump made the announcement on social media, and the US Attorney General said Mr. Maduro and his wife would face “the full wrath of American justice on American soil, in American courts,” based on a 2020 narcoterrorism indictment during the first Trump administration in New York. The Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro addresses the United Nations General Assembly in 2018. The US operation began with overnight strikes in and around the capital, Caracas. Venezuela has declared a state of national emergency, with casualty figures and the extent of the damage yet to be confirmed.The Venezuelan Government denounced the…
Mr. Maduro has “multiple indictments in the United States for narcoterrorism,” the vice president said. Source link
President Trump said members of the Army’s Delta Force broke through the doors of a safe house “in a matter of seconds” after practicing the operation using a replica of the structure. Source link
Democrats raised constitutional concerns and said the Trump administration had misrepresented its goals in Venezuela, while most Republicans cheered the action. Source link
Galloping inflation and a currency crisis have provoked demonstrations across the country. Source link
The Venezuela president was first charged in 2020 with narco-terrorism and other crimes. That indictment said Maduro and others “prioritized using cocaine as a weapon against America.” Source link
Swiss prosecutors say the French managers of a bar where a fire killed 40 people have been placed under criminal investigation.The blaze at Le Constellation in Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve injured 119 other people, officials have said. With many of the injured identified, families now face an agonising wait for information about those still missing.The bodies of two Swiss women aged 21 and 16, and two Swiss men aged 18 and 16 were the first to be indentified and returned to their families, police said earlier.The likely cause of the fire was sparklers on champagne bottles being carried too…
The spy agency also used stealth drones to monitor the whereabouts of the Venezuelan leader. Source link
In Doral, Fla., where some 40 percent of people are of Venezuelan origin, music blared in celebration early on Saturday. Source link
The Venezuela president was first charged in 2020 with narcoterrorism and other crimes. That indictment said Maduro and others “prioritized using cocaine as a weapon against America.” Source link
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The Dionne quintuplets were a global sensation during the Great Depression. The last of the five sisters, Annette, died in December. Source link
In a call with The New York Times, President Trump called the U.S. operation in Venezuela “brilliant” but did not address whether he had consulted Congress. Source link
The United States military’s Southern Command said in December that about 15,000 troops were in the Caribbean region. Source link
File: President Donald Trump looks on after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on April 9, 2025.Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesA company owned by a Chinese national was ordered to unwind a $2.9 million acquisition of chip assets from a U.S aerospace and defense navigation system manufacturer by President Donald Trump on Friday, citing national security concerns.The White House said in an executive order that HieFo Corporation, incorporated in Delaware, was “controlled by a citizen of the People’s Republic of China.”HieFo’s acquired the digital chips and related wafer design, fabrication, and processing…
Donald Trump ordered strikes on military sites in Venezuela, US officials have told the BBC’s US news partner CBS, after several explosions rocked the capital, Caracas.Plumes of smoke were seen rising from the Venezuelan capital early on Saturday morning. A national emergency has been declared. The Venezuelan government said in a statement that it rejected and denounced US military aggression. The White House and the Pentagon have not yet publicly commented.US President Trump, who has deployed a navy task force in the Caribbean, has repeatedly raised the prospect of ground strikes in Venezuela.Reports of places hit by strikes include a…
Here’s the latest. Source link
It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts. The United States has been building pressure on Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian president, for months. Source link
After spending nearly $50 billion to expand the country’s Tengiz oil field, Chevron and its partners encounter more uncertainty. Source link
Since the fragile October ceasefire began as phase one of the US-led peace plan, thousands of tents and hundreds of thousands of tarpaulins have been distributed. Yet partners estimate that over one million people – around half of Gaza’s population – still urgently need shelter support. “The needs remain immense, and the harsh weather only deepens the suffering of families living in tents or war-damaged buildings,” said the UN Spokesperson’s Office on Friday.Water, sanitation and hygiene services are also under pressure. Storms have damaged already shattered infrastructure, while fuel shortages and limited landfill access have left waste piling up. UNICEF-supported teams continue…
