The United States

• The Latest: US strikes Venezuela, captures Maduro and his wife - The United States hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” early Saturday and said President Nicolás Maduro had been captured and flown out of the country after months of stepped-up pressure by Washington — an extraordinary nighttime opera
• US commits $480m in health funding to Ivory Coast, the latest to sign 'America First' health deals - The United States and Ivory Coast signed a health deal Tuesday requiring the U.S. to commit $480 million to the West African nation’s health sector as part of “America First” global health funding pacts that mirror the Trump administration’
• Iran president says US, Israel, Europe waging ‘full-fledged war’ on country - If Israel and the US were to attack Iran again, they would ‘face a more decisive response’, Pezeshkian warns.
• Denmark insists on respect for territorial integrity after Trump appoints envoy to Greenland - The Danish foreign minister said Monday his country insists that everyone, including the United States, must respect “the territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark” after President Donald Trump ‍​announced ​the appointment of Louisian
• US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports - Dec 15 () - The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck ​with Britain earlier this year, which was ‌intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing ‌and civil nuclear energy, the Financial Times reported
• Danish intelligence report warns of US military threat under Trump - The United States is using its economic power to “assert its will" and threaten military force against friend and foe alike, a Danish intelligence agency said in a new report. The Danish Defense Intelligence Service, in its latest annual a
• Can Venezuela survive US targeting its oil tankers? - Venezuela has been sidestepping a US oil export embargo for years, selling crude at a discounted price mainly to China.Since Trump threatened an export tariff of 25 percent on any country buying Venezuelan oil, the country has had to slash