In the middle of December 2003, a Newsweek colleague and I got in a car in Baghdad and headed west. After many weeks of covering the tumultuous US…
Nash
After the White House’s audacious mission to snatch Nicolás Maduro and his wife from Caracas, there are more questions than answers about Venezuela’s…
Recently declassified meeting minutes between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President George W. Bush show how the Russian leader…
Cameroonian journalist Christian Éboulé incorporates the tragic true story of Captain Charles N’Tchoréré—a black Gabonese officer executed by the…
Fire, ice and US intervention in Venezuela
AP /Bernat Armangue
A fire eater performs during the traditional "Cabalgata de Reyes" parade in Madrid, Spain, on 5 January 2026, as part of the festivities marking the Catholic feast of Epiphany.
AP /Michael Probst
Freshly fallen snow lies on the roofs of houses in Kronberg near Frankfurt, Germany, early Tuesday, on 6 January 2026.
AP/Charlie Riedel
The full moon rises behind the statue, "Ad Astra," on 3 January 2026, in Topeka, Kansas.
REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
People walk in the snow-covered Pont Iena bridge near the Eiffel Tower, as winter weather with snow and cold temperatures hits a large part of the country, in Paris, France, on 5 January 2026.
Jade GAO / AFP
People walk past illuminated ice sculptures during the opening ceremony of the 42nd Harbin China International Ice and Snow Festival at Harbin in northeastern Chinaís Heilongjiang province on 5 January 2026.
REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Bode and Reilly play on the frozen Loch Insh near Aviemore, Scotland, Britain, on 5 January 2026.
AFP
Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of US strikes in Caracas on 3 January 2026.
REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes
A man wears a mask depicting US President Donald Trump during a protest against US strikes on Venezuela and the abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 5 January 2026.
REUTERS/Tuane Fernandes
Venezuelans celebrate after the US launched strikes on Venezuela in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 4 January 2026.
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People in support of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro hold signs outside of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse before Maduro's and first lady Cilia Flores arraignment on 5 January 2026, in New York City.
Following the 3 January US attack on Venezuela and the subsequent abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump declared that…
The delusion of certain Syrian officials and those in their orbit is striking. Despite the scale of the dangers and difficulties in the country, some…
Venezuelan crude oil has once again found itself at the centre of global oil market debate, given the recent US attack on the country and subsequent…
The US attack on Venezuela, and subsequent abduction of its president, Nicolás Maduro, on 3 January, shocked the country's political system, which…
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