Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel delivers a speech as he flutters a Venezuelan national flag in support of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in Havana on January 3, 2026, after US forces captured him. President Donald Trump said Saturday that US forces had captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro after bombing the capital Caracas and other cities in…
A motorcycle passes in front of an oil-themed mural in Caracas, Venezuela on May 9, 2022. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Crude oil prices edged lower Sunday, as the overthrow of President Nicolas Maduro by the Trump administration has cast deep uncertainty over oil-rich Venezuela. U.S. crude oil fell 31 cents, or 0.54%, to…
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 28, 2025. Nadja Wohlleben | Reuters Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned President Donald Trump to stop threatening to acquire Greenland just a day after the U.S. carried out a military operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. “The…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump stands behind him during a press conference following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., January 3, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters U.S. Secretary of…
A signboard of the “Le Constellation” bar, after a fire and explosion during a New Year’s Eve party where several people died and others were injured, according to Swiss police, in the upscale ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland, Jan. 2, 2026. Stephanie Lecocq | Reuters Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 were…
A woman passes by a logo of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. Maxim Shemetov | Reuters OPEC+ kept oil output unchanged on Sunday after a quick meeting that avoided discussion of the political crises affecting several of the producer…
Mourners gather as the investigation continues into the deadly New Year’s Eve fire at Le Constellation bar on Jan. 3, 2026 in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Harold Cunningham | Getty Images News | Getty Images When 51-year-old Annouk Perret came to pay her respects to the victims of the Swiss New Year bar fire that killed at…
Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez speaks past portraits of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the liberator Simon Bolivar during the presentation of the 2026 fiscal year budget at the National Congress in Caracas on Dec. 4, 2025. Pedro Mattey | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro — praised…
South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung (R) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (L) board their plane to depart for China at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on Jan. 4, 2026. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images South Korean President Lee Jae Myung began a state visit to China on Sunday, hoping to promote peace on…
A federal indictment charging Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his wife and four other people with narco-terrorism conspiracy and other charges was unsealed and posted online by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Saturday morning after the couple’s dramatic capture by American forces in their own country. “For over 25 years, leaders of Venezuela have abused…
