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Donald Trump
Trump  says he canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks as Venezuela cooperates with US
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he had cancelled a second wave of attacks on Venezuela due to the country’s cooperation with the United States.Trump's statement comes nearly a week after he ordered a military operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who is currently in US custody along with his wife Cilia Flores.Shortly after that military operation, Trump said in a news conference, “We are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so. … We actually assumed that a second wave would be necessary, but now it’s probably not.”In Friday’s Truth Social post, Trump said US and Venezuela are “working well together, especially as it pertains to rebuilding, in a much bigger, better, and more modern form, their oil...
January 09, 2026

Trump  says he canceled a ‘second wave’ of attacks as Venezuela cooperates with US

Law enforcement officials work a scene following reports that federal immigration officers shot and wounded people in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday
Minnesota officials say FBI blocked their access to ICE shooting probe
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota officials say the FBI has blocked their access to an investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.Protests and vigils have occurred nationwide after the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, who died on Wednesday after being shot in her car.Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has accused the Trump administration of blocking state officials from involvement in the case, but the US vice president said the investigation is a federal issue.Officials have offered differing accounts of the incident, with the Trump administration claiming the ICE agent was acting in self defence, while local officials say the woman posed no danger.Amid calls for a transparent investigation, the FBI has taken over the probe, with a...
January 09, 2026

Minnesota officials say FBI blocked their access to ICE shooting probe

The International Space Station with the Earth 265 miles below on December 2, 2021
NASA shortens space mission after astronaut's medical issue 
WASHINGTON — Four astronauts will return from the International Space Station more than a month ahead of schedule after an unnamed crew member experienced a medical issue.NASA has not provided details about the nature of the problem, citing privacy concerns. The space agency said Thursday the US-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned.NASA canceled its first spacewalk of the year because of the health issue. NASA officials stressed that it was not an onboard emergency, but are "erring on the side of caution for the crew member,” said Dr James Polk, NASA's chief health and medical officer.“We have a very robust suite of medical hardware on board the International Space Station,” Polk noted during a Thursday news conference....
January 09, 2026

NASA shortens space mission after astronaut's medical issue 

Donald Trump
Trump signals US ground operations in Mexico to target drug cartels
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that American forces would begin ground operations in Mexico targeting drug cartels, following months of naval strikes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean."We are going to start now hitting land with regard to the cartels. The cartels are running Mexico," Trump said in an interview with broadcaster Sean Hannity on Fox News.Trump provided no additional information on the timing or scope of the planned land attacks.Any military strikes on Mexican territory without Mexico City's consent would violate international law and mark an unprecedented attack on a US ally and major trading partner.The statement follows Saturday's Delta Forces-led capture of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro at a Caracas compound where he was...
January 09, 2026

Trump signals US ground operations in Mexico to target drug cartels

Federal agents clash with anti-ICE protesters in Portland, Oregon, on October 12, 2025
Border patrol officers shoot and wound Portland couple, a day after ICE agent kills Minneapolis woman
WASHINGTON — Two people have been wounded in a shooting involving US federal agents in Portland, Oregon, officials said.A US Border Patrol agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in a vehicle on Thursday afternoon after the driver allegedly tried to run over agents, a senior federal official said.The shooting occurred a day after a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good as she was driving toward him on a street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after being ordered to exit her SUV by other ICE agents.The city's police department said in a statement that the man and woman had been taken to hospital and their conditions were unknown.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the incident happened at 14:19 local time (22:19 GMT) with the traffic stop...
January 09, 2026

Border patrol officers shoot and wound Portland couple, a day after ICE agent kills Minneapolis woman

Brazil's President Andre Correa do Lago listens to the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Simon Stiell (L) during the COP30 plenary session in Belem, Brazil, on 22 November 2025. — EPA
Trump pulls out US from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies
WASHINGTON — The United States is pulling out of the UN treaty that underpins international cooperation on climate change, along with several other global bodies.President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday suspending Washington's participation in UN agencies, commissions and advisory panels focused on climate, labour, migration and other issues his administration describes as promoting "woke" initiatives.This means the US will withdraw from 66 international organizations including the UN climate treaty framework, marking the most extensive retreat from global cooperation in its modern history.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the institutions were "redundant in their scope, mismanaged, unnecessary, wasteful, poorly run, captured by the interests of actors...
January 08, 2026

Trump pulls out US from UN climate treaty and 65 other global bodies

Protesters shout during a rally held in response to an ICE agent in Minneapolisshooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good, in New York, New York, USA, 7 January 2026. — EPA
Woman fatally shot by immigration agent during raid in in Minnesota 
MINNEAPOLIS — A US immigration agent shot and killed a woman during a large-scale immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on Wednesday.Ilhan Omar, the Democratic Minnesota congresswoman, said the 37-year-old victim was “a legal observer” of action by ICE, which had sent a surge of agents into the city in recent days tied in part to allegations of fraud involving Somali residents.The Department of Homeland Security said the woman, Renee Nicole Good, was a "violent rioter" who tried to run over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Wednesday called for a full investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.“It has been reported that Ms. Good, the mother of a young child, is from the Colorado Springs area and has...
January 08, 2026

Woman fatally shot by immigration agent during raid in in Minnesota 

The vessel tanker Bella 1 at Singapore Strait in this picture taken from social media on March 18, 2025
US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker after dramatic chase in Atlantic
WASHINGTON — The US forces seized an oil tanker linked to Venezuela on Wednesday after tracking it across the Atlantic, according to a social media post from US European Command.Originally called the Bella 1, the tanker was sanctioned by the US in 2024 for operating within a “shadow fleet” of tankers transporting illicit oil.Russia on Wednesday strongly condemned the seizure, saying Washington had no legal authority to use force against a vessel lawfully registered under another country’s jurisdiction on the high seas.In a statement issued on Telegram, Russia’s ministry of transport said the tanker Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, had been granted a temporary permit to sail under the Russian flag on December 24, 2025, in line with Russian and international law.News of the...
January 08, 2026

US seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker after dramatic chase in Atlantic

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R), alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L), speaks to reporters after briefing US Senators about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Washington,, 07 January 2026. — EPA
Marco Rubio to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced plans to meet with Danish officials next week to discuss the Trump administration's interest in Greenland.Rubio’s comments on Capitol Hill came as the Trump administration has amped up rhetoric about taking over Greenland, which is a self-governing territory of Denmark.US President Donald Trump doubled down on the idea this week, and the White House has refused to rule out using military force to seize the Arctic island.Rubio told reporters that "acquiring" Greenland has "always been the president’s intent from the very beginning," adding that “he’s not the first US president that has examined or looked at how we could acquire Greenland.”Denmark and Greenland sought the meeting after Trump and his...
January 08, 2026

Marco Rubio to meet Danish officials next week to discuss Greenland

Aldrich Ames
Notorious CIA double agent Aldrich Ames dies in prison
WASHINGTON — Aldrich Ames, a former CIA case officer arrested by the FBI and sentenced to life in prison for espionage, died in custody at the age of 84, according to a spokesperson for the US Bureau of Prisons. The former counterintelligence officer, who was serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole, died on Monday at the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland.The official said a Maryland medical examiner will determine his cause of death.Ames, one of the most notorious spies in US history, was responsible for the arrest and eventual execution of numerous Soviet and Russian officials secretly working on behalf of the US intelligence community.Ames was jailed on 28 April 1994 after he admitted to selling secret information to the Soviet Union and later...
January 07, 2026

Notorious CIA double agent Aldrich Ames dies in prison

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