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EXPLAINER What is Chavismo – and is it dead after US abduction of Venezuela’s Maduro? The sociopolitical ideology founded by former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is rooted in anti-imperialism. Supporters…

Here is where things stand on Friday, January 9: Fighting: Overnight into Friday, Russia launched a large attack on Ukraine with missiles and drones, killing at least three and injuring…

Brazil’s President Lula vetoes bill to trim Bolsonaro prison sentence The opposition-controlled Congress voted in December to pass a bill that would reduce Bolsonaro’s 27-year sentence. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio…

Trump says meeting Iran’s ‘Crown Prince’ Pahlavi would not be appropriate US president signals he is not ready to back the Israel-aligned opposition figure to lead Iran in case of…

‘We just sit and cry’: Gaza’s cancer patients die waiting for treatment Doctors say cancer-related deaths have tripled since Israel’s war on Gaza began, as Israel blocks patients from leaving…

Is the Eastern Mediterranean becoming Israel’s new front against Turkiye? Israel’s regional manoeuvres could further destabilise the Eastern Mediterranean and widen tensions with Turkiye. From left, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides,…

Trump says he doesn’t need international law amid aggressive US policies UN rapporteur tells Al Jazeera she is concerned that the world may be returning to an ‘age of imperialism’.…

Israel says Nickolay Mladenov to direct Trump’s proposed Gaza ‘peace board’ Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu announcemed the Bulgarian diplomat as the ‘designated’ director-general for Trump’s ‘board of peace’. UN special…

EXPLAINER US says it wants to control Venezuelan oil indefinitely. Can it? Oil company executives are expected to meet with US President Donald Trump on Friday to discuss investments in…