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1. U.S. seizes Russian flagged oil tanker (video)

The United States is turning up the heat abroad and doing it on two very different fronts at the same time....

2. Maduro pleads not guilty in US court after military seizure

Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro pleaded not guilty in a New York federal court on Monday to US charges including narcotics trafficking and narco-terrorism, declaring himself “a decent man” and insisting he remains Venezuela’s legitimate leader following his dramatic seizure by US forces....

3. Maduro in U.S. custody as world reacts to shock arrest

The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has triggered a fast-moving international crisis, with world leaders sharply divided and emergency diplomatic talks now underway....

4. US claims capture of Venezuela’s president after large-scale strikes on Caracas

The United States has carried out what President Donald Trump described as a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela, claiming that US forces have captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and flown them out of the country....

5. Opponent disputes Maduro's win in Venezuelan election

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term, according to the country's electoral authority, despite exit polls suggesting a decisive opposition victory....

6. Americans return home in surprise Venezuela swap

In a significant diplomatic development, Americans, previously considered wrongfully detained in Venezuela, have touched down at a U.S. military base in San Antonio, Texas. ...

7. ‘A Dark Room’: excerpts from Alexis Papachelas’ forthcoming book

“The nut, he went and did what we didn’t,” said Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos the morning of July 15, 1974 after he found out that Dimitris Ioannidis, the junta’s military police chief, had orchestrated a coup to overthrow Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios....

8. Greek tankers have loads confiscated in Venezuela

9. Venezuela's re-elected Maduro faces overseas censure

Venezuela’s socialist leader Nicolas Maduro faced fresh international censure on Monday after re-election in a vote foes denounced as a farce cementing autocracy in the crisis-stricken OPEC nation...