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The US military captured Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a military operation on January 3. The two now face charges of narco-terrorism, cocaine importation conspiracy, and possession of machine guns and destructive devices in the US

US attack on Venezuela will impact South Asia: Singapore Minister

January 8, 2026, 03:09 PM - 3 min read

Venezuela is a complicated country with all its political problems, but that does not justify military intervention by one country in another, unilaterally and without any proper authorisation, said Lee Hsien Loong, a senior minister in Singapore

Additionally, the White House is organising an Oval Office meeting with oil company executives on Friday, including with representatives of Exxon, Chevron and ConocoPhillips, on Venezuela

Venezuela to ‘turn over’ 30-50-mn barrels of oil to US: Trump

January 7, 2026, 08:44 AM - 3 min read

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Venezuela will be “turning over” 30-50 million barrels of “high quality” sanctioned oil to the United States at its market price

Saturday’s assault on Venezuela by the US special forces came after its 1989 Panama invasion, and has left the world shocked

I was captured; am still Venezuela’s President: Maduro

January 6, 2026, 08:09 AM - 2 min read

Venezuelan leader, Nicolas Maduro told a federal court in Manhattan on Monday that he had been “kidnapped” from his country along with his wife, Cilia Flores, who also pleaded not guilty

India's forex reserve jumps by $3.3 billion

January 4, 2026, 06:50 PM - 3 min read

The country's foreign exchange (forex) kitty is hovering close to its all-time high of USD 704.89 billion, reached in September 2024.

Smoke raises at La Carlota airport after explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday.

US launches large scale strike on Venezuela, Maduro 'captured'

January 3, 2026, 03:32 PM - 4 min read

Donald Trump says the US carried out “large scale” strikes on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, claims unconfirmed by Caracas amid explosions and a declared national emergency.

On Wednesday, Maduro expressed his readiness for a dialogue with the US, saying he was ready to talk “wherever they want and whenever they want”.

Venezuela releases 88 political prisoners detained since 2024

January 2, 2026, 01:42 PM - 2 min read

The latest release order comes days after the Maduro administration released 99 political prisoners on Christmas Day as “a concrete expression of the State’s commitment to peace, dialogue and justice”

The latest sanctions from the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control target ships called Nord Star, Lunar Tide, Rosalind and Della, and their registered ownership companies

US sanctions 4 Venezuelan oil firms

January 1, 2026, 08:41 AM - 2 min read

The US continues what it describes as a crackdown on Venezuelan drug cartels, sanctioning four oil firms in the country and blocking four more oil tankers amidst claims they ‘serve’ Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

The seizures are the latest strategy in US President Donald Trump’s four-month pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro to step down, repeatedly saying that Maduro’s days in power are numbered

Venezuela criminalises oil tanker seizures amid tensions with US

December 24, 2025, 01:57 PM - 3 min read

The Venezuelan parliament introduced, debated and approved within two days a bill that criminalises a broad range of activities, such as the seizure of oil tankers

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s administration of using oil revenue to fund drug trafficking and terrorism

US seizes second Venezuelan oil tanker in Caribbean waters

December 21, 2025, 03:16 PM - 2 min read

US forces have seized another Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean waters, confirmed Kristi Noem, Secretary, US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

This is the first time in months that the Russian President has sided with the Maduro government, while expressing commitment to strengthen their strategic partnership treaty, which the two countries had signed in June

Putin backs Venezuela in Maduro’s standoff with US

December 12, 2025, 11:38 AM - 2 min read

Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro amid the US military build-up in the Caribbean and America’s escalating tensions with Caracas

Meanwhile, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry rejected the allegations against Maduro a “ridiculous lie”, with Maduro himself warning the US against launching “a crazy war”.

Trump, Maduro spoke on phone despite tensions: Report

November 29, 2025, 09:17 AM - 2 min read

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro of “leading” the alleged and dreaded ‘cartel de los soles’ (cartel of the sun), which the US designated as a foreign terrorist organisation (FTO) this week

Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro Moros, accused the US of forcing a regime change in his country, saying there are chances the US launches a surprise attack to take control of Venezuela’s vast natural resources

US launches fourth strike on ‘Venezuelan drug cartel vessels’

October 4, 2025, 10:56 AM - 3 min read

The attack on a vessel apparently headed to the US in the waters off Venezuela killed four people on board