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The death toll from the United States’ military operation in Venezuela has climbed to at least 80 people, according to a report by TRT World, citing the New York Times. The report, published Sunday, January 4, 2026m quoted a senior Venezuelan official as saying the number of fatalities could rise further as assessments continue following…
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Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is set to appear in a federal courtroom in Manhattan today, Monday, January 5, 2026, where his criminal case will be overseen by Senior U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, according to Here’s Why w/ Kevin Ortega-Rojas. Hellerstein is a 92-year-old jurist appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1998. Maduro’s…
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The reported capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces on Saturday, January 3, 2026, marks one of the most consequential—and legally fraught—actions in modern international relations. The arrest of a sitting head of state of a sovereign country by another state raises profound questions under international law, U.S. constitutional law, and long-standing norms…
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he directly told President Donald Trump that he opposed the U.S. military’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, raising concerns about international law, regime change, and the legal implications of the operation. Speaking on Saturday, January 3, 2026, Mamdani confirmed that he spoke with Trump by phone after…
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U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly referred to his special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, as an “idiot” after the diplomat publicly described Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a brave and decisive wartime leader, according to accounts published by The New York Times. The reported remark followed a tense exchange between Trump and Kellogg in February…
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A covert US drone strike carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency on Venezuelan territory earlier this month is raising fresh legal questions about executive authority, sovereignty, and the expanding scope of US counter-narcotics operations abroad. According to an exclusive report by CNN, the CIA conducted a drone strike on a port facility along Venezuela’s…
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Denmark has, for the first time, formally identified the United States as a ‘potential security concern‘, marking a significant development in transatlantic relations and raising legal and strategic questions about alliance obligations within NATO. The assessment appears in a newly released annual threat report by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS), which warns that the…
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A Colombian family has filed what is believed to be the first formal human rights complaint over a deadly U.S. military strike in the Caribbean. Experts say the lawsuit sets up a potential international test case for the Trump administration’s expanding counter-narcotics campaign at sea. The petition, submitted Tuesday, December 2, 2025, to the Inter-American…
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Military personnel across multiple branches are quietly turning to outside lawyers for guidance on whether missions ordered by the Trump administration are lawful. The unusual development reflects growing unease inside the ranks about the scope, transparency, and legality of recent operations. According to reporting by PBS News, troops involved in planning or supporting strikes on…
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The Trump administration has revoked the U.S. visa of Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, marking yet another instance in what legal analysts are calling an increasingly politicized use of immigration power. Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, revealed the development during an event at Kongi’s Harvest Gallery in…
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