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Mon, 05 Jan 2026 19:30:00 +1100No medicine, no power, and $4.50 a month: The daily misery of Maduro’s Venezuela
When news of the president’s capture pinged on Fabiola Campbell’s phone in Australia at the weekend, she was overcome by a wave of relief.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:56:50 +1100US won’t govern Venezuela, Rubio says, as Trump threatens Maduro deputy
Venezuela’s interim leader may pay a hefty price “if she doesn’t do what’s right”, Trump warned, and said other territories – including Colombia – may be subject to American intervention.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:13:49 +1100US-Venezuela as it happened: ‘Extremely dangerous’ precedent set by Trump; Maduro prepares to face New York court after capture
After Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured in an audacious US military operation, the fallout continues as questions mount over Trump’s actions and what comes next for Venezuela. Follow our updates.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:57:47 +1100The leaders who were outraged and those who were delighted by Trump’s strike on Venezuela
Some leaders, like Anthony Albanese, have taken a muted response to the Trump administration’s activities in Venezuela. Others have been far more forthright.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:38:09 +1100Houses damaged in US attack on Venezuela
Some buildings in the small town of Catia La Mar, near Venezuela’s capital Caracas, have been damaged in the US attack on Venezuela, when the president was captured.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +1100What Venezuela tells us about Australia’s security
Recent crises in Venezuela, the Middle East and the South China Sea highlight hard choices Australia must confront.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +1100‘They’re invading us’: It began as a normal night, until the casual atmosphere turned to panic
Video filmed on mobile phones by Venezuelans in different cities captured the US air and ground incursion playing out in real time.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:36:29 +1100Trump says he doesn’t believe Ukraine targeted Putin residence
US national security officials have disputed Kremlin claims about Ukrainian strikes that Trump had initially greeted with deep concern.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:07:19 +1100Compilation of Nicolás Maduro dancing
As president, Nicolas Maduro was known for his dancing, and was seen to dance at many public and broadcast events.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:53:52 +1100‘Stop the threats’: Trump provokes European backlash over Greenland
The timing of the US president’s latest remarks about the Danish territory has deepened concerns about his foreign policy ambitions.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:40:46 +1100How cocaine and corruption led to Maduro’s indictment, according to US
The Venezuelan president ran a corrupt government fuelled by a drug-trafficking operation that flooded the US with cocaine, newly unsealed indictment says.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:30:00 +1100At least 16 dead in Iran during week of protests, rights groups say
The protests are the biggest in three years and come as the economy is in tatters and international pressure is building.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:23:31 +1100Cilia Flores, the woman behind Nicolas Maduro
Key to the Venezuelan regime, Cilia Flores shaped a judicial system in which major decisions ran through her according to journalists and former officials.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:09:19 +1100Hundreds attend mass and procession for victims of New Year's Eve bar fire
Forty people died and 119 were injured in the blaze that broke out at Le Constellation bar, a venue attended my many young people in the Swiss alps.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:57:02 +1100‘Our Arthur has gone’: Swiss fire victims identified, with youngest aged 14
Authorities have identified 40 people killed in the nightclub blaze, with four Swiss teenage girls among the dead, including one aged 14.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:33:07 +1100Anger in US over Maduro capture
US President Donald Trump's political opponents are suggesting he could be impeached over the brazen kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Mon, 05 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +1100Five scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela – and what they could signal to the wider region
Where do the US and Venezuela go from here? Much depends on what Washington does next and how Venezuela’s fractured polity responds.
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.