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US President Donald Trump said many Cubans died as US forces attacked Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro.

Venezuela is sitting on a massive 303 billion barrels worth of crude - about a fifth of the world's global reserves.

US forces have reportedly captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro after launching a "large scale strike" on the South American country.

The massacre has sparked more active policing in Sydney, Australia's most populous city and the capital of New South Wales state.

Israel on Thursday suspended 37 foreign humanitarian organizations from accessing the Gaza Strip.

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said in a New Year's interview that his country is willing to receive US investment in its oil sector.

Russia's battlefield gains in Ukraine last year were the highest since 2022, an AFP analysis showed.

Strong winds hampered the rescue operations, rescuers said.

The woman was found unresponsive by other hikers on the Crosier Mountain trail northeast of Estes Park.

Nigerian police say Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode faces four counts, including causing death by dangerous driving.

Investigators were also closing in on the circumstances of the blaze, which occurred early Thursday in the Alpine town of Crans-Montana.

"We are locked and loaded and ready to go," Trump said in a Truth Social post.

Parents of missing youths issued pleas for news of their loved ones as foreign embassies scrambled to work out if their nationals were among those caught up in one of the worst tragedies to befall…

Relations between China and Japan hit the lowest point in years after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested in November that Tokyo could take military action if Beijing attacked Taiwan.

The fire at the upscale Alpine ski resort has been described by officials as one of the worst tragedies Switzerland has experienced.

Many of those who stood, motionless, overlooking the scene of the tragedy, knew people who remain unaccounted for, or were badly injured.

He has taken over as New York mayor for a term sure to see him cross swords with US President Donald Trump. Video

It is the latest of a series of attacks on small-scale gold miners in the Andean nation.

Horrified bystanders described "panic" as people tried to break through the windows of the bar to escape, and others, covered in burns, poured into the street.

The semi-official Fars news agency reported that three protesters were killed and 17 injured during an attack on a police station in Iran's western province of Lorestan.