NYT

The captured authoritarian leader flashed a symbol that many took to be a defiant peace sign. Loyal lawmakers repeated the gesture at a session in Caracas.

The Trump administration has made no secret that it covets Venezuela’s oil reserves. What happens next could have serious implications for the planet.

The argument worked for Manuel Antonio Noriega, who wore a uniform at trial and received special P.O.W. privileges after his conviction.

With Russia still seen as unlikely to stop fighting, the Ukrainian leader’s tone has shifted from upbeat to cautionary.

María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, offered to share her Nobel Peace Prize with President Trump. He has refused to back her.

The U.S. assault on Venezuela points to a world where big powers seek to call the shots in their regions, an idea Beijing knows well.

Venezuela could lose the bulk of its oil export revenues this year if the U.S. blockade stays in place, according to internal government estimates, a scenario that would set off a humanitarian crisis.

U.S. intelligence suggested María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader, would struggle to lead the government. But her relationship with Trump officials had been souring for months.

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said President Trump’s threats “should be taken seriously” and warned against action to annex the semiautonomous Danish territory.

As the country’s status quo abruptly shifts, experts say maintaining a coalition is crucial for political survival.

President Trump has repeated his interest in taking the semiautonomous Danish territory, citing U.S. national security. Denmark’s leader says such a move would be the end of NATO.

The assessment aided President Trump and other officials in concluding that Delcy Rodríguez, then Venezuela’s vice president, was Nicolás Maduro’s best short-term successor, according to people briefed on the matter.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine appointed Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada, to a role in which she would advise on postwar reconstruction.

American allies including France objected to the military incursion into a sovereign state and the capture of the Venezuelan president as a violation of international law.

It’s only been days since the U.S. raid, but it already feels like the world is living in a new reality. China and Russia are watching.

When an exodus of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh a decade ago, the United Nations recorded many of their birthdays as Jan. 1. The date serves as a reminder of a lost identity.

The Maduro regime was long propped up by Cuba’s armed forces and intelligence agencies. Many Cubans were reported killed in the American military action.

While both countries were allied with Nicolás Maduro, the U.S. attack could give them justification to use force in other spheres, analysts said.

A demonstration outside the building where Nicolás Maduro was arraigned was a ritual of New York public protest, but one that sprang from personal wounds inflicted a continent away.