The US president launched air strikes on Caracas earlier this morning using black hawk helicopters and chinooks, before breaking the extraordinary news that Mr Maduro and his wife had been taken into custody and flown out of the country. In a post on Truth Social, Mr Trump said: “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who…

United States has launched military strikes inside Venezuela, sharply escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas after months of warnings by U.S. President Donald Trump against the government of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. According to a report by Reuters, explosions were heard across Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, late Friday, as a U.S. official confirmed that American forces had carried out operations on Venezuelan soil. Venezuelan authorities said additional attacks were recorded in…

Canada deported 366 Nigerian nationals between January and October 2025 as immigration enforcement reached its most aggressive level in more than a decade, according to official figures obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Data from the CBSA removals programme also showed that 974 Nigerians are currently listed under “removal in progress,” meaning they are awaiting deportation from the country. The statistics, last updated on November 25, 2025, placed…

Ukrainian authorities have ordered the evacuation of thousands of children and their parents from frontline settlements in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, as Russian forces continue to advance in parts of southern and eastern Ukraine. The decision was announced on Friday by Ukraine’s Restoration Minister, Oleksiy Kuleba, who said the move was prompted by a worsening security situation in areas close to the front line. Writing on Telegram, Kuleba disclosed…

Israel’s foreign ministry has accused New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, of stoking antisemitism after he revoked a series of executive orders signed by his predecessor, Eric Adams. In a post on X, the ministry said Mamdani was pouring “antisemitic gasoline on an open fire” by scrapping the city’s adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and lifting restrictions related to boycotts of Israel. “On his…

Zohran Mamdani pledged to “reinvent” New York City on his first day as mayor, promising a “new era” for the largest city in the United States and an ambitious opening to his term. The 34-year-old democratic socialist, until recently a little-known state assemblyman, becomes the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of south Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa. He is also the first mayor to…

George Clooney has criticised Donald Trump after the US president attacked France for granting the Hollywood actor and his family French citizenship. Clooney, 64, his wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney and their two children became French citizens earlier this month, having lived for several years at a property in southern France. The Oscar-winning actor has praised France’s strict privacy laws, saying they have shielded his family from media intrusion. He has…

Donald Trump has said he takes more aspirin than his doctors recommend but insists his “health is perfect”, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal. The 79-year-old president said the daily dose causes him to bruise easily and that doctors have advised him to reduce it. He said he has ignored that advice because he has taken aspirin for 25 years. “I’m a little superstitious,” Trump told the…

Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of New York City shortly after midnight in a private ceremony held at the disused Old City Hall subway station, marking the start of a day of celebrations that will include a public swearing-in and a block party outside City Hall. The 34-year-old was sworn into office by New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, in the presence of close family members, including his…

About 40 people are believed to have been killed and around 100 injured after a fire ripped through a crowded bar during New Year’s Eve celebrations at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.

Israel has announced it will suspend the operations of dozens of humanitarian organisations working in Gaza within 36 hours, citing their failure to comply with new registration requirements that demand detailed personal information on Palestinian and international staff. Among the organisations affected are some of the world’s best-known aid groups, including ActionAid, the International Rescue Committee and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The decision, announced on Tuesday by Israel’s Ministry of…

Mali and Burkina Faso have announced that they will ban US citizens from entering their countries, in retaliation for a decision by Donald Trump to block Malian and Burkinabe nationals from travelling to the United States. The announcements were made on Tuesday in separate statements issued by the foreign ministries of the two west African nations, marking a further deterioration in relations between military-led governments in the region and Washington.…