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US takeover of Greenland would mark end of Nato, says Danish PM Frederiksen

The dead-of-night operation by US forces in Caracas to capture leader Nicols Maduro and his wife early Saturday left the world stunned, and heightened concerns in Denmark and Greenland

Cuba faces uncertain future after US captures Venezuelan leader Maduro

Venezuela and Cuba are so close that Cuban soldiers and security agents were often the Maduro's bodyguards, and Venezuela's petroleum has kept the economically ailing island limping along for years

Mexico dismisses fears of US military action after Venezuela intervention

Trump and his collaborators have flirted with the idea of invading or attacking the cartels in Mexico since his election campaign, but in increasingly measured tones

At least 35 people killed, 1,200 detained in Iran's economic protests

The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which said more than 1,200 people have been detained in the protests

Venezuelan govt seeks to show it is operating free from US control

While Venezuelan lawmakers met, Maduro made his first court appearance in a US courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump admin used to justify capturing him and taking him to New York

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits Japan, no risk of tsunami: Officials

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said no abnormalities were found at the Shimame nuclear power plant and a related facility in the region

UN debates US Venezuela strike as countries warn against law violations

In a statement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is deeply concerned that rules of international law have not been respected with regard to the 3 January military action

Israel strikes Hezbollah, Hamas sites in Lebanon ahead of disarmament meet

The strikes came a few days before Lebanon's army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel

Maduro pleads not guilty in US court, denies all drug trafficking charges

Maduro, wearing a blue jail uniform, was led into court along with his co-defendant wife just before noon for the brief, but required, legal proceeding

New US visa rule: Citizens from 13 countries must pay up to $15,000 bonds

Thirteen countries, all but two of them in Africa, are now on the list, which makes the process of obtaining a US visa unaffordable for many

Maduro brought to New York court for first hearing after capture by US

The couple were transported under armed guard early Monday from the Brooklyn jail where they've been detained to a Manhattan courthouse

French court convicts 10 for cyberbullying first lady Brigitte Macron

The court pointed to particularly degrading, insulting, and malicious comments referring to false claims suggesting that Brigitte Macron was transgender and a pedophile

Minnesota Guv Tim Walz, Democrats' V-P pick, won't contest third term

The 61-year-old cited ongoing investigations into fraud in the state's child care programmes and the fact that President Donald Trump has used the issue as a political cudgel

China, South Korea vow to deepen ties amid rising regional tensions

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met Chinese President Xi Jinping as part of his four-day trip to China his first since taking office, in June

32 Cuban officers killed in Trump's military operation in Venezuela

What the Cubans were working on in the South American nation was unclear, but Cuba is a close ally of Venezuela's government has sent military and police forces to assist in operations for years

Syrian govt and Kurdish-led forces hold talks to discuss military merger

A major sticking point has been whether the SDF would remain a cohesive unit in the new army or whether it would be dissolved and its members individually absorbed

Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in drone strike, says Trump

Trump addressed the US determination after European officials argued that the Russian claim was nothing more than an effort by Moscow to undermine the peace effort

Maduro's case revives debate on foreign leader immunity in Noriega trial

Although Trump's ordering of the operation in Venezuela raises constitutional concerns because it wasn't authorised by Congress, now that Maduro is in the US, courts will likely bless his prosecution

Trepidation and uncertainty grip Venezuela after US captures Maduro

Venezuela is no stranger to political tumult, but the the dead-of-night US military operation early Saturday marked a new chapter with no ready script

US intervention in Venezuela tests Trump's ability to keep GOP together

While the president remains the undisputed dominant force inside the GOP, the ironclad grip Trump has long held over the party has faced unusual challenges in recent months