Tag: World news
FAA urges pilots to exercise caution over eastern Pacific, citing ‘military activities’
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday urged U.S. aircraft operators to “exercise caution” when flying over the eastern Pacific Ocean near Mexico, Central America...
Senate readies vote on Venezuela war powers as Trump pressures GOP defectors
WASHINGTON – Senate Republicans are facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump to vote down a war powers resolution Wednesday that is aimed at...
The Latest: DOJ subpoenas central bank and threatens criminal indictment, Fed Chair Powell says
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powellsaid Sunday the Department of Justice has served the central bank with subpoenas and threatened it with a criminal indictment...
Venezuelans in the US are torn between joy and worry after ousting of Maduro
NEW YORK – In the days since the Trump administration ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a late-night military raid, Alejandra Salima has spoken...
Slow-moving prisoner releases in Venezuela enter 3rd day
SAN FRANCISCO DE YARE – As Venezuelan detainee Diógenes Angulo left a prison in San Francisco de Yare after a year and five months...
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
WASHINGTON – CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence...
How Delcy Rodríguez courted Donald Trump and rose to power in Venezuela
MIAMI – In 2017, as political outsider Donald Trump headed to Washington, Delcy Rodríguez spotted an opening.Then Venezuela's foreign minister, Rodríguez directed Citgo —...
Trump pushes back against Democrats’ criticism of Maduro raid
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Tuesday pushed back against Democratic criticism of this weekend's military operation that led to the capture of Nicolás...
Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials briefed leaders in Congress late Monday on the striking military operation in Venezuela...
Maduro is set to make his first appearance in a US courtroom on drug trafficking charges
NEW YORK – Deposed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to make his first appearance Monday in an American courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges...
