Sara Ruthven

President Donald Trump, who vowed to end forever wars, seems to be using same playbook for Venezuela that bogged US down for 20 years in Iraq

US forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and sent him to New York to face charges

US has accused Venezuela's President of 'narco-terrorism'

US President compares extraction to strikes on Iran's Qassem Suleimani and ISIS leader Al Baghdadi

Caracas has detained several American citizens over the past five months, reports say

Janti Soeripto tells The National that despite foreign aid cuts, child-focused charities determined to 'never waste a crisis'

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said action is 'not the beginning of a war - it is a declaration of vengeance'

Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019 aimed at members of Bashar Al Assad's regime

Drug blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the US

Trump administration, which sent $230m to Beirut in October, is impatient about progress of bringing weapons under state control

Government says aim is to 'safeguard US citizens'

Washington designates Venezuela-linked Cartel de los Soles as foreign terrorist organisation

Europe prepares to seize frozen Russian funds in push for Ukraine peace deal

US President tells news outlet 'it will be done in the strongest and most powerful terms'

Secretary of State Marco Rubio denies calling 28-point US-backed peace plan a Russian 'wish list'