This photo taken with a mobile phone shows people protesting outside a courthouse, which Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is brought to, in New York, the United States, on Jan. 5, 2026. Photographer Zhang Fengguo By Xinhua News Agency Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro appeared in Manhattan federal court on Monday after his forcible seizure by U.S.

By Anadolu Agency The EU on Tuesday called on Israel to allow international NGOs to deliver life-saving aid to civilians in Palestine, and warned that aid cannot reach the needed scale in Gaza without them. Senior EU officials have urged that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is continuing to deteriorate, as winter conditions set in

A screen shot taken from a video released by the White House shows U.S. President Donald Trump holding a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the United States, Jan. 3, 2026. U.S. raid “a heavily fortified military fortress in the heart of Caracas” to capture Maduro –Trump By Xinhua News Agency

Delcy Rodríguez, Vice President of Venezuela By Anadolu Agency Venezuela’s vice president on Saturday denounced the US “abduction” of President Nicolas Maduro following airstrikes, arguing that the military intervention was a thinly veiled attempt at regime change designed to allow the US to seize Venezuela’s significant oil, mineral, and energy reserves. “The masks have fallen,”

By Anadolu Agency Swiss police on Thursday said around 40 people were killed and about 115 others injured, many of them seriously, after a fire broke out at a bar in the ski resort town of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, marking “one of the worst tragedies” the country has ever seen. “At the hour

EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib Photographer Dursun Aydemir By Anadolu Agency EU Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib said on Wednesday that Israel’s plans to block international non-governmental organizations in Gaza would amount to blocking life-saving humanitarian assistance. “Israel’s plans to block INGOs in Gaza means blocking

The members of the United Nations Security Council have expressed their full support for the people, territory and political unity of Somalia. The members of the United Nations Security Council have expressed their full support for the people, territory and political unity of Somalia, just days after Israel recognized the self-proclaimed Hargeisa administration as an

A Chinese warship is pictured while navigating at an undisclosed location in waters around Taiwan in this handout image taken on May 23, 2024, released on May 24, 2024. Taiwan Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters/File Photo Multiple forces of the Eastern Theatre Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) started drills code-named “Justice Mission 2025”

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) addresses the summit on ending the Gaza war in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025. By Xinhua News Agency As 2025 draws to a close, Egypt has reaffirmed its position as a key mediator in the Gaza crisis, pairing intensive diplomacy to sustain a fragile ceasefire with a large-scale

Cambodian Defense Minister General Tea Seiha meets the press at the Ban Pakkad Border Checkpoint, following ceasefire talks between Thailand and Cambodia, in Pailin Province, Cambodia, on December 27, 2025 By Anadolu Agency The Thai and Cambodian forces halted weeks of deadly border fighting on Saturday after agreeing to a ceasefire, ending nearly 20 days