Reliance Industries

India’s Reliance Halts Russian Crude Intake for January as U.S. Pressure Mounts and India Recalibrates Its Oil Diplomacy

India’s private refiner Reliance Industries said on Tuesday (Jan 6) it does not expect to receive any Russian crude oil deliveries in January and has not taken such cargoes for the past three weeks, signalling a further pullback by India’s...
Venezuela

Southeast Asian Nations Voice Alarm Over US Military Raid in Venezuela, Urge Immediate Release of President Maduro

Several Southeast Asian countries have voiced serious concern over the escalating situation in Venezuela following a high-profile U.S. military operation targeting President Nicolás Maduro. The unprecedented pre-dawn raid, in which U.S. commandos reportedly detained Maduro and his wife while air...
Donald Trump

Trump Floats Military Action Against Colombia After Stunning US Raid Captures Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday (Jan 4) openly threatened military action against Colombia, dramatically escalating tensions in Latin America just days after a covert US operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and transferred him to New York to...
La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, January 3, 2026

How Hugo Chávez’s Long-Warned “Yankee Invasion” Finally Arrived in Maduro’s Venezuela

For years it was treated as political theatre, a fevered fantasy repeated so often that it lost its power to shock. The Yankees are coming. Hugo Chávez warned of it endlessly during his 14 years in power, conjuring visions of...
Donald Trump

Trump Hails ‘Spectacular’ Operation Against Maduro, Puts Venezuela’s Oil at Center of Crisis

Donald Trump stunned allies and critics alike on Saturday by shifting the focus of a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela away from drugs and security and squarely onto oil, repeatedly portraying the seizure of Nicolás Maduro as an act...
Venezuela

United States Seizes Venezuela’s Leader: Who Will Run the Country?

In a stunning and unprecedented move, the United States has seized Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro in a nighttime operation in Caracas, raising immediate questions about who will govern the South American nation of nearly 30 million people. According to former...
US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer

Democratic Lawmakers Say Trump Administration Misled Congress on Venezuela Regime Change, Demand Clear Plan as President Cites Risk of Leaks

Democratic lawmakers accused the administration of President Donald Trump on Saturday (Jan 3) of misleading Congress about its intentions toward Venezuela, saying senior officials had repeatedly denied any plan for regime change or major military action just weeks before the...
Venezuelans celebrate after US President Donald Trump said the US has struck Venezuela and captured its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores

Legal Storm After US Forces Seize Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro: Was the Capture of Nicolas Maduro Lawful?

The early-morning capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro by United States forces on Saturday, January 3, has triggered a storm of legal, diplomatic and constitutional debate, marking one of the most extraordinary uses of American military power against a foreign...
Venezuela

US Capture of Venezuela’s Maduro Sparks Global Alarm Over International Law and Regional Stability

United States President Donald Trump has made little effort to conceal his desire for political change in Venezuela. For years, Washington has portrayed President Nicolas Maduro as an illegitimate leader presiding over a failed state, citing disputed elections, repression of...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on board the USS Iwo Jima, Jan 3, 2026.

Trump Says Venezuela’s Maduro Extracted by US Forces, Bound for New York as USS Iwo Jima Takes Center Stage

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife had been extracted by helicopter and transferred to a US Navy ship, from where they would be taken to New York to face federal charges,...
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