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Venezuelan officials welcomed the announcement, which followed the U.S. capture this month of their president, Nicolás Maduro.

A rising number of incursions into NATO airspace has led some officials to allege an escalation of a Russian hybrid attacks against the alliance and the European Union.

The snow piles clogging up the capital's streets would seem quaint in some cities -- including ones prone to far greater quantities of snow.

The president accused Canada of blocking the sale of U.S.-made Gulfstream aircraft and said he would raise tariffs in the latest dispute to rock the once-chummy relationship.

The Trump administration sent a private letter opposing the choice of Nouri al-Maliki, the leading candidate for prime minister, considered close to Iran.

In the beachside state of Goa, officials and oil executives envisioned new energy pacts and multilateral relationships as a counterbalance to Trump's America.

Trump asked Putin to hold off hitting Ukraine's power facilities. Zelensky said if Russia followed through, he would pause strikes on Russia's energy industry.

The havoc wrought by the deployment of federal immigration enforcement in the U.S. has wrought unflattering comparisons abroad to unaccountable paramilitary forces.

A new executive order declares that Havana constitutes a "national emergency," allowing Trump to levy tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba.

The Treasury Department announced a general license authorizing U.S. firms to trade Venezuelan oil after Caracas approved a law to improve terms for foreign investors.