US forces attacked Caracas in the early hours of Saturday

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the continued war in Ukraine, repeating that he had initially believed that ending the war would be easy.

At least 26 people drowned and 14 others are missing after a boat carrying farmers and fishermen capsized in northeastern Nigeria, the emergency services said yesterday.

Donald Trump crowed over the US military triumph in Venezuela on Saturday, but his sudden enthusiasm for intervention abroad puts him in a political minefield back home.

At a press conference earlier on Saturday, General Dan Caine described in detail how the US carried out its attack on Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro. Here are the key points that were mentioned:

President Donald Trump yesterday threatened that Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez will pay a “very big price” if she doesn’t cooperate with the United States, after US forces seized and jailed her former boss Nicolas Maduro.

At least 16 people have been killed during a week of unrest in Iran, rights groups said yesterday, as protests over soaring inflation spread across the country prompting violent clashes between demonstrators and security forces.

Israeli forces shot and killed at least three Palestinians in separate incidents in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis yesterday, local health authorities said.

VP Delcy Rodriguez takes over as interim leader

More than 150 military aircraft were involved

Beijing could leverage Trump's move to defend its stance against the US on territorial issues including Taiwan, Tibet and islands in the East and South China seas

Washington carried out a strike on Caracas and captured the leader

The US president's announcement followed a lightning pre-dawn attack in which commandos grabbed Maduro and his wife while air strikes pounded sites in and around Caracas

Maduro and his wife were flown by helicopter to New York City, where they face drug-trafficking and weapons charges

While a few hundred Maduro supporters gathered to clamor for his freedom, the streets were otherwise eerily quiet.

A look at the legality of the US action in Venezuela

How the hours-long operation unfolded is based on interviews with four sources familiar with the matter and details Trump himself has revealed.

Fifty-two foreign prisoners were also to be released and deported

Military intervention could bring risks in November midterm elections

Venezuela's Supreme Court late Saturday ordered Vice President Delcy Rodriguez to become the country's interim leader