39 h. ago Mother of man jailed in Syria for Islamic State links calls for his repatriation to UK or Canada

Sally Lane fears son Jack Letts, who left UK aged 18, may face death penalty if airlifted to Iraq under US operationThe mother of a British-born man detained for nearly nine years without trial in Syria has called for his repatriation to the UK or Canada as the US plans to airlift 7,000 Islamic State-linked prisoners from Syria to Iraq.Sally Lane, the mother of Jack Letts, 30, said she was “frantically trying to find out as much as possible” and that it was unclear if he would face the death penalty in Iraq or remain in Syria – or be sent to Canada or the UK in line with US demands. Continue reading...

Events

45 h. ago Top US trading partners pledged to invest $5 trillion in America. These researchers have doubts.

President Donald Trump strong-armed America’s biggest trading partners into pledging trillions of dollars of investment in the United States

Economics

51 h. ago Death toll from US strikes on alleged drug boats reaches 126 people

The U.S. military says the death toll from strikes on alleged drug boats is up to 126 people, with the inclusion of those presumed dead after being lost at sea

Events

53 h. ago Venezuela releases dozens of prisoners in 2 days, hundreds more still detained

Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization says that dozens of prisoners were released over the weekend

Events

60 h. ago Venezuela’s acting leader says she has ‘had enough’ of US orders in shot at Trump

The US president said that Rodriguez would be carrying out Washington’s demands after the capture of Nicolas Maduro

Politics

61 h. ago ‘It’s a farce’: families of Venezuela political prisoners still await their release

Critics believe ‘drip drip’ of releases after Maduro’s dramatic seizure an attempt by regime to ‘keep the US satisfied’In the days after Nicolás Maduro was accused of stealing Venezuela’s 2024 election, the relatives of hundreds of protesters captured during the ensuing clampdown flocked to the Zone 7 police detention centre in search of incarcerated loved ones.Now, after the tables turned dramatically and Maduro finds himself locked up in the US, the families have returned to demand the immediate release of every last one of their country’s political prisoners. Continue reading...

Events

64 h. ago ‘Embarrassed’ v ‘force to be reckoned with’: Americans on Trump’s foreign interventions

From capturing Maduro to proposing a take over of Greenland – people respond to the president’s rhetoricAs Donald Trump continues to call for the US to take control of Greenland, not long after the US captured the deposed president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, we asked people in the US what they thought about Trump’s foreign intervention and rhetoric. Here are some of their responses. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Trump uses new mystery 'Discombobulator' weapon in Venezuela but 'can't talk about it'

Just weeks after Donald Trump forcibly removed Nicolas Maduro from power, the President has claimed to have used the "Discombobulator" to attack — but is sworn to secrecy

Politics

4 d. ago Chilling moment Donald Trump's military blast 'another narco boat' out of the water

The US has launched it's first attack on a small boat allegedly 'carrying drugs' after Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro was snatched and arrested

Events

4 d. ago Trump reveals his new secret weapon nicknamed 'The Discombobulator' used to take down America's enemies: 'I'm not allowed to talk about it'

The debilitating device was used earlier this month in Venezuela to capture Nicolás Maduro on drug trafficking charges. Trump first made mention of it earlier this week.

Politics

5 d. ago US carries out first known strike on alleged drug boat since Maduro's capture

The U.S. military says it’s carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month

Events

5 d. ago Jury selection for Luigi Mangione set as trial depends on death penalty decision

If capital punishment remains an option, the next phase of the trial would start Jan. 11, 2027

Politics

5 d. ago Leaked video shows Venezuela regime’s desperate struggle to control message

Interim leader Delcy Rodríguez told influencers of US threat to kill leaders if they did cooperate after capture of MaduroThe communications minister holds a phone up to a microphone before a gathering of regime-friendly influencers.On speakerphone is Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, who claims that when US forces captured the dictator Nicolás Maduro, she and other members of his cabinet were given 15 minutes to decide whether to comply with Washington’s demands – “or they would kill us.” Continue reading...

Culture

5 d. ago Labour MP slapped down for visiting Venezuelan embassy to 'pay his respects' to those killed in Trump raid that removed 'appalling dictator' Maduro from power

Richard Burgon, the MP for Leeds East, was revealed to have made the trip to 'convey his condolences' for the 'heroes who fell' during US military strikes on 3 January.

Events

5 d. ago Luigi Mangione is due in court as judge weighs legality of police seizing his backpack

Luigi Mangione is set to return to court as a judge weighs whether to allow or exclude certain evidence from his federal death penalty case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Events

6 d. ago Venezuela opens debate on an oil sector overhaul as Trump seeks role for US firms

Venezuela’s legislature is debating a major overhaul of its oil sector, the first since Hugo Chávez's era

Politics

6 d. ago Venezuelan immigrants enliven midwest food and culture – now DHS wants to send them home

From food stalls to revitalised downtowns, Venezuelans have shaped midwestern towns, but new US policy threatens their futureAt a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in downtown Indianapolis, Venezuelans Juan Paredes Angulo and his mother, Andreina, five years ago delivered on a decades-long dream to open a food stall, sharing regional Venezuelan food with a part of America better used to Tex-Mex and Chinese takeout for international cuisine.Hearing of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro’s capture by US forces in an overnight military raid earlier this month came as a complete shock. Continue reading...

Society

6 d. ago Venezuela’s Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro’s capture

Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly pledged US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro’s departureBefore the US military snatched Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, earlier this month, Delcy Rodríguez and her powerful brother pledged to cooperate with the Trump administration once the strongman was gone, four sources involved at high levels with the discussions told the Guardian.Rodríguez, who was sworn in on 5 January as acting president to replace Maduro, and her brother Jorge, the head of the national assembly, secretly assured US and Qatari officials through intermediaries ahead of time that they would welcome Maduro’s departure, according to the sources. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Olympics chief admits she has not spoken to US president Trump about LA 2028 Games

Kirsty Coventry steers clear of global politics in buildupOrganisers will meet with vice-president JD VanceThe International Olympic Committee has yet to establish formal communications with the US president Donald Trump on preparations for the Los Angeles Games in 2028, the IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, has confirmed.Trump has been speaking in Davos in Switzerland after a turbulent start to 2026 during which he has suggested he will invade Greenland, threatened a trade war with Europe and ousted the Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...

Politics

7 d. ago Monstrous supermassive black hole seen ‘erupting like volcano’ after ‘sleeping’ for 100 MILLION years

AN ENORMOUS black hole has "erupted like a cosmic volcano" after a 100-million-year nap. The "dramatic scene" was captured at the heart of a distant galaxy known as J1007+3540. Inside this galaxy is a supermassive black hole that was silent for 100 million years – before finally restarting its jet emission. Radio images show the...

Politics