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Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +1100Facing a terrible choice, Husna handed over her sleeping newborn. She hasn’t held him since
The last time she saw her son he was bundled in blankets. Now the twisting saga to reunite them has hit another dead end, thanks to a snap decision by Donald Trump.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +1100King overtakes Princess Anne as hardest-working member of Royal family
The ‘indefatigable’ Charles took on the most engagements in 2025, even as he underwent weekly cancer treatment.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +1100Trump’s attack on Venezuela is a dangerous and illegal gambit
US President Donald Trump’s attack on Venezuela contains the seeds of a wider tragedy.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:02:09 +1100Why is the US attacking Venezuela?
After months of build-up, the US has attacked Venezuela and taken President Nicolás Maduro and his wife into American custody. How did it get to this?
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:48:41 +1100Extraordinary operation as Venezuelan president captured by US
Venezuela's President Nicholas Maduro has been captured by the United States and taken to New York where he's facing narco-terrorism and weapons charges.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 18:44:52 +1100The dramatic life and downfall of Nicolas Maduro
Nicolas Maduro rose from unionised bus driver to Venezuelan president and oversaw his country's democratic undoing and economic collapse before his capture by the US.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:31:46 +1100US plans to ‘run’ Venezuela and tap its oil reserves, Trump says, after operation to oust Maduro
Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro spent the night in a New York prison cell after he was captured by US special forces in a brazen military raid.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:50:36 +1100Venezuela strikes as it happened: Nicolas Maduro indicted in New York after being captured by US; Trump says US will ‘run’ Venezuela
After taking Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro into US custody, US President Donald Trump has revealed plans to ‘run’ the country and tap its vast oil fields. Follow for live updates.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:49:39 +1100Stealth drones and massive blowtorches: How the US mission to capture Maduro unfolded
US forces spent months rehearsing operations against Venezuela, mapping every move of Nicolás Maduro, including his safe house.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:47:12 +1100This Australian was enjoying a family holiday. Then the explosions began
Alexander and his wife thought Donald Trump was bluffing about plans for Venezuela. Now he’s trying to escape the country.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:30:00 +1100This could be Trump’s Iraq, and Americans must ask: Is it what we voted for?
Donald Trump made it clear that oil is what his Venezuelan venture is about. But it is entirely unclear how he envisages the next few days – or few years – playing out.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:30:00 +1100The former bus driver who squeezed the life out of Latin America’s richest nation
Nicolás Maduro’s arrest by US special forces ends an unlikely 13-year presidency dressed up in myths and lies.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:06:29 +1100Who is Venezuela’s vice president and can she fill Maduro’s shoes?
If Rodriguez is a willing partner, she could help the US ease a transition by maintaining stability with the current institutions in Venezuela.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 13:07:27 +1100The US attacks Venezuela
The US has destroyed a military target in Venezuela and captured President Maduro and his wife. Responses to the attacks from world leaders and the public have been varied.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:39:42 +1100‘Far more than a first lady’: Who is Cilia Flores, the powerbroker captured alongside Maduro?
Venezuela’s first lady built extraordinary influence over decades while largely operating from the shadows.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:05:00 +1100'He f-ed around and he found out'
President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth speak about the US invasion of Venezuela and the capture of President Maduro.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:57:08 +1100Trump ‘doesn’t have an exit plan’ after capturing Venezuelan president
Former White House advisor Laura Schwartz said Donald Trump doesn’t appear to have an “exit plan” after capturing Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 08:32:33 +1100In claiming American strength, Trump also highlights weakness
The US appears to have completed a bold act of regime change in unseating Nicolas Maduro, but what unfolds next for Venezuela and the world is not so clear-cut.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:27:07 +1100US takes control of Venezuela after capturing Nicolas Maduro
The United States has taken control of Venezuela after capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in a late-night military operation.
Sun, 04 Jan 2026 06:00:03 +1100Swiss bar managers under investigation for ‘negligent homicide’ after deadly inferno
The French couple are suspected of negligent homicide, negligent bodily harm and causing fire by negligence, Swiss police said in a statement.