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US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach on 3 January 2026. (EPA)
Trump says US will temporarily run Venezuela, sell oil after Maduro seized
WASHINGTON — Hours after a military operation that removed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from power and took him out of the country, US President Donald Trump said Saturday that the United States would temporarily run Venezuela and tap its vast oil reserves to sell to other nations. The move followed months of pressure by the Trump administration on the South American country and its leader, culminating in what officials described as an assertive effort to force regime change. Speaking to reporters after Maduro’s capture, Trump said Washington would exploit the leadership vacuum to “fix” Venezuela’s oil infrastructure and sell “large amounts” of oil abroad. He later said the United States would help govern the country until a transition could be arranged. “We’re going...
January 03, 2026

Trump says US will temporarily run Venezuela, sell oil after Maduro seized

New flu variant drives sharp rise in US cases as holiday travel fuels spread
WASHINGTON — A fast-spreading new flu variant is driving a sharp rise in influenza cases across the United States, with health officials warning that infections are likely to continue climbing amid peak holiday travel and gatherings. The variant, known as subclade K, has already fueled early outbreaks in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Canada and is now accelerating flu activity across the U.S., where the virus typically gains momentum in December. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than half of U.S. states are currently experiencing high or very high levels of flu-related illness. As of Dec. 20, the agency estimates at least 7.5 million illnesses, 81,000 hospitalizations, and 3,100 deaths this flu season, including at least eight pediatric...
January 03, 2026

New flu variant drives sharp rise in US cases as holiday travel fuels spread

Israeli forces raid villages in southern Syria
QUNEITRA, Syria — Israeli forces carried out a new raid in the countryside of Quneitra in southern Syria on Saturday, local media described as a fresh violation of the country’s sovereignty. A force made up of five military vehicles advanced into the village of Ain al-Qadi through the Abu Rajm crossing and searched a house there, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported. No arrests were reported. The raid came shortly after another Israeli force, consisting of eight military vehicles — four Hilux vehicles and four Hummer armored vehicles — advanced into the village of Bariqa in the southern Quneitra countryside, according to the report. Syrian media said Israeli forces have repeatedly entered Syrian territory and carried out airstrikes, killing civilians and destroying military...
January 03, 2026

Israeli forces raid villages in southern Syria

A handout picture made available by Iran's Supreme Leader Office shows Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivering a speech during a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, 03 January 2026. (EPA)
Iran’s Khamenei backs merchants’ concerns, blames ‘enemy hand’ for currency turmoil
TEHRAN — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday that the concerns of merchants protesting across the country are legitimate but warned that a “hand of the enemy” is behind recent currency fluctuations that have fueled unrest. In his first public remarks since the protests began, Khamenei said shopkeepers and bazaar merchants are among “the most loyal segments of the country to the Islamic system,” noting that their grievances stem from sharp instability in the national currency, the rial. “When a bazaar merchant looks at the country’s monetary situation, the decline in the value of the national currency and the instability of currency prices, domestic and foreign, which causes the business environment to lack stability, he says, ‘I can’t do...
January 03, 2026

Iran’s Khamenei backs merchants’ concerns, blames ‘enemy hand’ for currency turmoil

Military personnel guard the perimeter of the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, 03 January 2026, after multiple explosions were reported across the capital. (EPA)
UK not involved in US-led Venezuela strikes, Starmer says
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the United Kingdom was not involved “in any way” in the US-led strikes on Venezuela, as he called for facts to be established before making any judgment on the operation that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Starmer said he had not yet spoken to US President Donald Trump about the military operation in Caracas and stressed the need to assess the rapidly developing situation. “I always say and believe we should uphold international law,” Starmer told reporters. “But I think at this stage, in a fast-moving situation, let’s establish the facts and take it from there.” He added that he wanted to speak directly with Trump and consult allies, reiterating: “I can be absolutely clear we were not involved in that.”...
January 03, 2026

UK not involved in US-led Venezuela strikes, Starmer says

People go through a checkpoint near Fuerte Tiuna (Fort Tiuna), which houses the headquarters of Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, in Caracas, Venezuela, 03 January 2026, after multiple explosions were reported across the capital. (EPA)
Venezuela rejects foreign troops after US-led strike, defense minister says
CARACAS — Venezuela rejected the presence of foreign troops on its territory after what the United States described as a “large scale strike” on the country, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said early Saturday. “Free, independent, and sovereign Venezuela rejects with all the strength of its history the presence of these foreign troops, which have only brought death, pain and destruction in their wake,” Padrino said in a video message. His remarks followed a statement by US President Donald Trump, who said the United States had “successfully” carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and claimed that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife had been “captured and flown out of the country.” Padrino said Venezuelan authorities were gathering information regarding...
January 03, 2026

Venezuela rejects foreign troops after US-led strike, defense minister says

Palestinian girl killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza, medical source says
GAZA CITY — An 11-year-old Palestinian girl was killed Saturday by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza in what medical and local sources described as a new violation of a ceasefire agreement. A medical source said the victim was identified as Fatima Marouff, who was shot dead in the town of Beit Lahia, northwest of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said the girl was in a designated safe area of the town from which the Israeli army had withdrawn under the terms of the ceasefire. In a separate incident, another Palestinian was wounded by Israeli gunfire near Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, also in an area from which Israeli forces had withdrawn, according to a medical source. Local sources also reported that Israeli military vehicles opened indiscriminate fire east of the...
January 03, 2026

Palestinian girl killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza, medical source says

Mourners stand in front of the 'Le Constellation' lounge where the fire happened, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, 03 January 2026. (EPA)
Police identify first victims of deadly New Year’s Eve fire in Swiss ski resort
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland — Police have identified the first four victims killed in a fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, as efforts continue to identify the remaining dead. Valais cantonal police said the bodies of two Swiss women, aged 21 and 16, and two Swiss men, aged 18 and 16, have been returned to their families. Authorities said “extensive” work by police officers and the Institute of Forensic Medicine made the identifications possible, while work to identify other victims is ongoing. The blaze at the Le Constellation bar killed 40 people and injured 119 others, officials said. While many of the injured have now been identified, families continue to wait for information about those still missing. A preliminary investigation found the likely...
January 03, 2026

Police identify first victims of deadly New Year’s Eve fire in Swiss ski resort

An armed officers stands guard at a checkpoint near Fuerte Tiuna (Fort Tiuna), which houses the headquarters of Venezuelan Ministry of Defense, in Caracas, Venezuela, 03 January 2026, after multiple explosions were reported across the capital. (EPA)
US carries out large-scale strike in Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that Washington carried out a “large-scale strike” in Venezuela, saying that President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the country,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump said the operation was conducted “in conjunction with US law enforcement,” adding that further details would be released later. He announced that a news conference would be held at 11 a.m. local time at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. In a brief phone interview with The New York Times,...
January 03, 2026

US carries out large-scale strike in Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured

An Iranian man walks with his shopping in a street in Tehran. Iran witnessed anti-government protests, which began primarily due to a severe economic crisis marked by skyrocketing inflation. — EPA
Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has warned Iran's authorities against killing peaceful protesters, saying Washington "will come to their rescue".In a brief post on social media, he wrote: "We are locked and loaded and ready to go." He gave no further details.A senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by saying Trump should "be careful" if he intervened, warning of potential chaos across the Middle East.At least six people are reported to have been killed in Iran on Thursday after almost a week of mass protests sparked by worsening economic conditions.In Friday's post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: "If Iran shots [sic] and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their...
January 02, 2026

Trump warns US will intervene if Iran kills protesters

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