Venezuela’s Supreme Court has ordered Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez to assume the role of acting president in the absence of Nicolás Maduro, reports Reuters. The court ruling late on Saturday said that Rodríguez would take on “the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in order to guarantee administrative continuity and the comprehensive defence More
US President Donald Trump says Washington will run Venezuela after US troops seized the country’s president, media reports said on Sunday. After months of threats and pressure tactics, the United States carried out air strikes in Venezuela and toppled President Nicolas Maduro, who was seized and taken to New York to face trial, Al Jazeera More
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is due to meet tomorrow (Monday) to discuss the United States’ attack on Venezuela, a media report said on Sunday. The meeting of the 15-member council was requested by Colombia, with the backing of Russia and China, Reuters reported. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the US action as setting More
Protests in Iran, sparked by an unprecedented fall in the value of the toman against the US dollar and rising living costs, have entered their seventh day, media reports said on Saturday. The wave of demonstrations began on Sunday, 28 December 2025, amid an economic crisis marked by the sharp depreciation of the national currency More
President Donald Trump has claimed that the United States “captured” Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country following what he described as “large-scale” strikes, media reports said on Saturday. “The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas More
A fire at a tourist complex in a Swiss ski resort town has claimed the lives of 40 people and left 115 others injured, media reports say BBC Persian reported that the condition of many of the injured is “critical,” and that the victims are of various nationalities. According to the report, due to the More
The President of the United States has reacted to the public protests in Iran, saying that if the Iranian government opens fire on protesters, the United States will come to “rescue” them. Donald Trump, the U.S. President, wrote today (Friday) in a post on X that the United States is prepared for such a situation. More
At least 10 people have been killed and many others injured in an explosion at a ski resort town in Switzerland, a media report said on Thursday. An explosion and fire ripped through a popular bar in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana during New Year’s celebrations, Al Jazeera reported. Without providing further details, police More
Britain, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have condemned Israel’s decision to revoke the licences of 37 international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) operating in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Among the organisations affected are ActionAid, the International Rescue Committee, Médecins Sans Frontières and the Norwegian Refugee Council. According to the BBC, More
At least 16 people have been killed and three others injured after a fire broke out at a nursing home in Indonesia, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. Jimmu Rotinsulu, head of the fire and rescue agency in the city of Manado, said firefighters received a report of the blaze at the Werdha Damai retirement home More
