This is not the first time that the US has gone into a Latin American country and captured its leader for drug trafficking. Nearly 36 years ago, the US invaded Panama, and arrested its ruler Manuel Noriega. The operation also involved a long playlist of heavy…

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India’s own ties with Venezuela have been of low stakes as well, although it has had a robust history of oil imports from the country.

Trump’s military actions in Venezuela plunges the country into uncertainty and marks a worrying reassertion of the 200-year-old Monroe Doctrine, now rechristened as the ‘Don-roe Doctrine’.

Although it accounts for less than 1% of global oil production, Venezuela has the largest oil reserves globally, estimated at over 300 billion barrels or a fifth of the proven oil reserves all over the world.

The US military action has been criticised as disproportionate, even in the realm of the country’s history of interventions in South America for securing its own interests, such as oil in Venezuela’s case.

Rodríguez, 56, comes from a family well-known for its Leftist political standing. She enjoyed the confidence of Nicolas Maduro, and, curiously, US officials also reportedly had her as their pick to succeed Maduro.

Since May 2025, the Assam government has taken recourse to “pushing” declared foreigners “back”, or forcing them across the international border without any discussions with the other country.

The rebuttal marks the latest response in a year-long campaign by the US to annexe the autonomous Danish province. Trump has repeatedly expressed an interest in “purchasing” and taking control of the Arctic island from Denmark.

For tech companies such as X, the only real legal consequence in India is determined by the safe harbour protections that are available to them under the country’s Information Technology Act, 2000

The Supreme Court has ruled on the bail pleas of several activists accused in the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots conspiracy case. While the verdict offers relief to some, it reinforces a stringent stance on others under the UAPA.

China is Venezuela’s largest external economic partner, and a big consumer of its oil. Many Chinese investments are now in jeopardy, but the bigger question is whether the American action potentially emboldens Beijing to take over Taiwan.

The accused have all been charged under terror charges in the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, Arms Act and various provisions under the penal law

Every week, we recap highlights of the news from China. This week, we look at China’s relationship with Venezuela, what the US attack could mean for it, and its “ironclad” ties with Pakistan.

The apex court has used a framework of differentiated roles of the alleged conspirators, distinguishing the 'architects' of the conspiracy and its 'facilitators'.

Trump directly threatened action against Colombia and Mexico, if they failed to reduce the flow of illicit drugs into the US, while Cuba, a close ally of Venezuela, 'looks like it's ready to fall' on its own without American intervention

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According to the 25-page indictment, since 1999, when Maduro was first elected to public office, he, his wife, Cilia Flores, his son, Nicolás Ernesto Maduro Guerra, and his fellow indicted Venezuelan leaders participated in a 'relentless campaign of cocaine…

Maria Corina Machado, 58, has been one of Maduro’s staunchest opponents over the past two decades. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2025 'for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.'

Last month’s relaxation of prohibition in GIFT City marks the latest chapter in the tussle between Gujarat’s decades-old law and the removal of what is seen as a deterrent to investors.