2026 • Jan 04
US ‘running’ Venezuela now seems less likely but second intervention possible
Washington keeping 15,000-strong military presence in Caribbean in case interim president hinders US objectives
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2026 • Jan 04
US attack on Venezuela raises fears of future Greenland takeover
Danish ambassador posts ‘friendly reminder’ about defence ties after provocative Maga post over territory
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2026 • Jan 04
European leaders appear torn in face of new world order after Venezuela attack
Leaders try to focus on what comes next, as backing for ejection of Maduro mingles uncomfortably with voicing of support for international law
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2026 • Jan 04
Top Republicans backpedal from Trump claim that US will run Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defends capture of Nicolás Maduro and says US has ‘leverage’ over countryMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, and prominent Republicans swiftly backpedaled ...
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2026 • Jan 04
‘They lied to our face’: Democrats decry Trump’s military raid on Venezuela
Lawmakers call US intervention and capture of Maduro ‘wildly illegal’ and say it lacked congressional approval
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2026 • Jan 04
North Korea launches ballistic missiles towards sea hours before South Korean leader’s visit to China
South Korea’s military reports projectile launch, which follows Kim Jong-un calling for doubling of output of tactical guided weaponsNorth Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles towards ...
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2026 • Jan 04
Nicolás Maduro jailed in New York after he was captured in US attack on Venezuela – live
Nicolás Maduro is expected to make an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court on Monday, according to officialsFull report:
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2026 • Jan 03
‘It sends a horrible signal’: US politicians react to capture of Nicolás Maduro
Republicans cheer capture of Venezuelan leader, but Democrats say it ‘risks pulling our nation into another war’
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2026 • Jan 03
‘It’s impossible not to feel relief’: UK Venezuelans on Maduro’s capture
Hope, fear and unease ripple through Britain’s Venezuelan community after US forces seized Nicolás Maduro
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2026 • Jan 03
The ‘Putinization’ of US foreign policy has arrived in Venezuela
Trump is no longer bending the rules – he is demolishing them, with consequences far beyond Caracas
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2026 • Jan 03
Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela after ousting Maduro in military attack
US president made comments after US special forces captured Venezuelan president and his wife
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2026 • Jan 03
Saudi invites Yemen’s southern factions to ‘dialogue’ in Riyadh after surprise independence bid
Southern Transitional Council wants to form a breakaway state, which would split the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest state in twoSaudi Arabia’s foreign ministry has called for Yemen’s southern f...
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