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Trump says six narcoterrorists killed as US conducts strike on vessel off Venezuela Coast
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): The United States military carried out another strike on a vessel accused of drug trafficking off the coast of Venezuela, resulting in the deaths of six narcoterrorists on board, President Donald Trump announced...

US military kills six narcoterrorists in strike on vessel off Venezuela
The US military struck a vessel off Venezuela accused of drug trafficking, killing six narcoterrorists, President Trump announced. The operation, conducted in international waters, marks the fifth such strike, drawing attention to legality and...

Venezuela closes embassy in Norway after opposition leader who praised Trump wins Nobel Peace Prize
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Venezuela Shuts Embassy In Norway After Nobel Peace Prize Honours Opposition Leader María Corina Machado
Venezuela announced on Monday that it is closing its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, triggering a fresh wave of diplomatic tension between Caracas and the West. In a...

World News | Trump Says Six Narcoterrorists Killed as US Conducts Strike on Vessel off Venezuela Coast
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): The United States military carried out another strike on a vessel accused of drug trafficking off the coast of Venezuela, resulting in the deaths of six narcoterrorists on board, President Donald Trump announced...

Venezuelan Embassy in Baku hosts conference on peace in Latin America and Caribbean
The Embassy of Venezuela in Azerbaijan has hosted a conference titled “Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace” in Baku. According to Azernews, the event brought together representatives of public organisations, journalists,...
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Venezuelan Embassy in Baku hosts conference on peace in Latin America and Caribbean [PHOTOS]
The Embassy of Venezuela in Azerbaijan has hosted a conference titled “Venezuela, Latin America and the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace” in Baku. According to Azernews, the event brought together representatives of public organisations, journalists,...

Attack in Bogotá Hits Two Venezuelan Activists Fleeing Maduro Persecution
In what Colombian authorities have described as a hitman-style attack, or sicariato, Venezuelan human rights and LGBTQ+ activist Yendri Velásquez and political consultant Luis Peche were shot multiple times from a vehicle on Monday in Bogotá at...

Venezuela’s Oil Output Rises for Seventh Consecutive Month, Reaches 1.1 Million Bpd
October 14, 2025 Hour: 6:31 am Venezuela’s oil production grew by 0.63 percent in September, reaching an average of 1,105,000 barrels per day (bpd), according to official figures published Monday by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting...

Javier Milei in the crosshairs as chainsaw economics come back to bite him
Before becoming president of Argentina, a clip of Javier Milei went viral for theatrically ripping up government ministries while shouting “Afuera!” (“out” in Argentinian slang). Now, less than two years later, he risks suffering the same fate....


US military strikes fifth suspected drug boat off Venezuelan coast
Source: CBS President Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. military had carried out a strike on a small boat suspected of trafficking drugs in the international waters off the coast of Venezuela. In a post on Truth Social, the President stated...

Venezuela Shifts Diplomatic Focus: Closes Embassies in Norway and Australia, Opens Missions in Africa
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassies in Norway and Australia as part of restructuring...

Venezuela’s Maduro offered the US his nation’s riches to avoid conflict
People outside the headquarters of PDVSA, Venezuela’s state oil company, in Caracas on Oct. 8, 2025. Venezuela’s autocrat had proposed allocating his country’s oil wealth and other natural resources to the U.S. and ending deals with American...
US stocks finished mixed amid US-China trade frictions - Newsquawk Asia-Pac Market Open
US stocks were choppy with early pressure amid the heightened US/China tensions and mixed US bank earnings, while indices then reversed through the majority of the US session, before once again falling near the close as Trump upped his rhetoric on...

Venezuela plans new embassy in Zimbabwe
News / National by Staff reporter 1 hr ago | 78 Views Venezuela's government said on Monday it will close its embassies in Norway and Australia and open new ones in Zimbabwe and Burkina Faso as part of a restructuring of its foreign service, after...

Trump makes Argentine $20 billion currency swap contingent on Milei win
President Donald Trump defended his $20 billion currency swap with Argentine President Javier Milei at the White House on Tuesday despite criticism that the swap line is contradictory to his America First policy.“It’s just helping a great...

Venezuelan leader who won Nobel Peace Prize was a 2009 Yale World Fellow
In 2009, Nobel laureate María Corina Machado spent four months on Yale’s campus engaging in discourse with a diverse array of global leaders. Olivia Woo & Henry Liu 4:09 am, Oct 14, 2025 Staff Reporters Carlos Diaz via Wikimedia Commons The year...

Venezuelan ambassador says more than 170 drug cartel leaders arrested
The report prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the period 1999-2025 states that there is no drug cartel in Venezuela, said Venezuela’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Christopher Martinez Berroteran, during his speech at the...