US policy now a manifestation of might is right
The new year is barely with us and already we have started with a bang, literally. The events from Venezuela have made front page news everywhere. Even here in Cyprus ...
Did the US breach international law? Well, It’s complicated
A hierarchy of laws in the US can leave treaties up to interpretation
Does international law matter to the US? That is the question in the time of Trump’s ...
Number of prisoners released in Venezuela rises to 18, rights groups say
The number of prisoners released in Venezuela has risen to 18, human rights groups said on Saturday.
Nine released prisoners had been confirmed as of Friday afternoon.
Venezuela has started releasing ...
Venezuela says interim president Rodriguez not planning trips abroad
The Venezuelan government on Friday said interim president Delcy Rodriguez is not due to carry out any international trips in the near future, after Colombian President Gustavo Petro suggested there ...
When power challenges international law
The recent military intervention by the United States in Venezuela, involving the use of armed force on the territory of a sovereign state and the arrest of its incumbent head ...
US seizes Russian-flagged tanker tied to Venezuela as Trump widens oil push
The US seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, one sailing under Russia’s flag, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to dictate ...
European allies working on plan should US move on Greenland
Allies including France and Germany are working closely on a plan on how to respond should the United States act on its threat to take over Greenland, as Europe seeks ...
Maduro’s immunity claim tests US power to prosecute foreign leaders
Nicolás Maduro’s first appearance in a U.S. courtroom offered a glimpse of the legal battle ahead over rarely tested questions — chief among them whether he can claim ...
Trump announces plan to sell Venezuelan oil as US signals it is in talks with Caracas
President Donald Trump on Tuesday unveiled a plan to refine and sell up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil that had been stuck in Venezuela under U.S. blockade, in ...
Maduro opponent Machado vows to return to Venezuela, wants election
Venezuela’s main opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has vowed to return home quickly, praising U.S. President Donald Trump for toppling her enemy Nicolas Maduro and declaring her movement ...
‘No excuse’ for US actions, Stefanou says at Venezuela protest
There can be “no excuse” for the United States’ actions in Venezuela, Akel leader Stefanos Stefanou said on Monday as protesters gathered at the US embassy in Nicosia to demonstrate ...
Ousted Maduro pleads not guilty to US narcotics charges
Toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of narco-terrorism after President Donald Trump’s stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in ...
Venezuela’s Maduro sits in US custody as loyalists vow defiance
Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after United States President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture ...
Erhurman calls for respect for rule of law, human rights in Venezuela statement
Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday called for the rule of law, human rights, civilisation, and peace to be the “foundation” of the global order in a statement released ...
Mock house, CIA source and Special Forces: The US operation to capture Maduro
At 4:21 on Saturday morning, President Donald Trump sent a message on his Truth Social platform: the United States had carried out a daring mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ...
Venezuela diaspora celebrates Maduro’s deposition, wonders what’s next
Venezuelan migrants around the world erupted in celebration on Saturday following the U.S.-led deposition of President Nicolas Maduro, whose government prompted one of the largest migration crises in ...
Brazil says US crossed ‘unacceptable line’ over military strikes on Venezuela
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday condemned the U.S. military attack on neighbor Venezuela and the capture of his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, saying it ...
Akel decries US’ ‘imperialist intervention’ in Venezuela
Akel on Saturday decried what it described as an “imperialist intervention” on the part of the United States in Venezuela, after US forces carried out airstrikes across the country and ...
Cyprus calls for de-escalation in Venezuela
Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Saturday said Cyprus’ position is in favour of “de-escalation, restraint and a resolution that respects international law” in Venezuela after United States forces carried out ...
UK’s Starmer says Britain was not involved in US strikes on Venezuela
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Britain was not involved in the United States’ strikes on Venezuela on Saturday and that it was important to uphold international law, and that he ...
US captures Venezuela’s Maduro, Trump says US will run the country
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious U.S. raid to capture the South American leader and ...
Trump says US ‘hit’ drug dock in Venezuela in apparent first land strike
President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. had “hit” an area in Venezuela where boats are loaded with drugs, marking the first known time Washington has carried ...
US pursuing third oil tanker near Venezuela, officials say
The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would be the second such operation this weekend ...
US interdicting, seizing vessel off Venezuelan coast, officials say
The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, three US officials told Reuters on Saturday, a move which comes just days ...