“Stop slandering me, Mr Trump,” Petro added.

At least 80 people have been killed following Saturday’s United States military operation in Venezuela, according to a report by The New York Times. The newspaper quoted a senior Venezuelan official as saying the fatalities include both civilians and members of the country’s security forces, warning that the figure could still rise. Residents of Caracas, the capital, were jolted awake early Saturday by a series of explosions that marked the…

German leftwing militants have claimed responsibility for an arson attack that caused a major power cut in Berlin, leaving tens of thousands of homes without electricity and heating during freezing weather. The fire broke out early on Saturday on a bridge over the Teltow canal in the south-west of the city. Stromnetz Berlin, the grid operator, said up to 35,000 households and 1,900 businesses could remain without power until 8…

Canadian officials and public health experts have warned that US health and science institutions can no longer be relied upon for accurate information, particularly on vaccines, amid concerns that misinformation from the Trump administration could undermine confidence in healthcare in Canada. Dawn Bowdish, an immunologist and professor at McMaster University in Ontario, said misleading claims from the US risk spilling over the border and influencing Canadian attitudes. “I can’t imagine…

North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, according to its neighbours, just hours before South Korea’s president was due to leave for talks in China expected to focus on Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the launches were detected at about 7.50am local time from the North’s capital region. The missiles travelled roughly 900km (560 miles), the military said. South Korean and…

BYD’s battery electric vehicle sales rose by 28% over the year, despite weaker sales in December.

US President Donald Trump said the United States intends to assume control of Venezuela following what he described as the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in a US special forces operation. The president also outlined plans for American energy companies to enter Venezuela, saying US oil firms would invest billions of dollars to repair the country’s damaged oil infrastructure and begin extracting crude. “We’re going to have our very…

Venezuela’s Defence Minister, Vladimir López, has accused the United States of carrying out what he described as a “criminal military aggression” against the country following a series of early-morning explosions in the capital, Caracas. The blasts, which occurred on Saturday, reportedly knocked out electricity in parts of the city. The development came hours before US President Donald Trump announced on social media that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife…

A diplomatic row has erupted between Israel and the BBC after the Israeli embassy in London accused Britain’s national broadcaster of giving disproportionate attention to the war in Gaza while largely ignoring mass protests currently unfolding in Iran. The criticism was voiced by Alex Gandler, the Israeli embassy’s official spokesman, who took to social media platform X to question the BBC’s editorial priorities and impartiality. Gandler claimed there had been…

U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will stand trial in the United States following what he described as a “brilliant operation” that led to Maduro’s capture after U.S. air strikes on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. In a dramatic announcement made on his Truth Social platform, Trump said U.S. forces carried out a large-scale military strike against Venezuela, after which President Maduro and his wife were taken…

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a fresh warning to Iran’s leadership, threatening to intervene in support of protesters if Iranian security forces intensify their crackdown, as deadly unrest continues to spread across the country amid soaring inflation and deepening economic hardship. In a statement posted on social media hours before he launched military attacks on Venezuela, Trump said the United States was prepared to act if Iranian forces opened…

President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, has sharply condemned recent U.S. military strikes on Venezuela, describing them as an act of “state terrorism” and calling for an urgent international response. In a statement posted on social media, Díaz-Canel denounced what he called a “criminal attack” by the United States against Venezuela, warning that the escalation threatens regional peace and stability across Latin America and the Caribbean. “Our #ZonaDePaz is being brutally…