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Guinea's President, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, arrives with his wife, Lauriane Doumbouya, to cast their votes in the presidential election in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fode Toure)

Guinea's junta leader is confirmed president-elect after first vote since a 2021 coup

12:53 AM on Monday, January 5

Guinea’s Supreme Court has upheld the election victory of junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya

President Donald Trump waves as he arrives on Air Force One, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US capture of Maduro divides a changed region, thrilling Trump's allies and threatening his foes

12:29 AM on Monday, January 5

The U.S. capture and ouster of Venezuelan strongman leader Nicolás Maduro marked a stunning culmination of the Trump administration’s efforts to assert dominance in Latin America

Interim Venezuelan leader invites Trump to 'collaborate' and seeks 'respectful relations' in newly conciliatory message

10:01 PM on Sunday, January 4

Interim Venezuelan leader invites Trump to 'collaborate' and seeks 'respectful relations' in newly conciliatory message

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel waves Venezuelan and Cuban national flags during a rally in Havana, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in solidarity after the U.S. captured President Nicolas Maduro and flew him out of Venezuela. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba says 32 Cuban officers were killed in US operation in Venezuela

9:20 PM on Sunday, January 4

Cuba has acknowledged the deaths of 32 Cubans in the American military operation that ousted Venezuela's leader over the weekend

President Donald Trump departs on Air Force One from Palm Beach International Airport, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says that Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims

8:30 PM on Sunday, January 4

President Donald Trump said that U.S. national security officials have determined that Ukraine did not target a residence belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a drone attack last week

FILE - Vice President Delcy Rodriguez, left, smiles at Venezuelan Defense Minister Padrino Lopez, as they take the route that the body of late President Hugo Chavez was transported to his final resting place, during the activities marking the 10th anniversary of Chavez's death, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Delcy Rodríguez becomes Venezuela's interim president after Maduro's ouster

6:37 PM on Sunday, January 4

Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodríguez has taken the place of her ally President Nicolás Maduro who was captured by the United States in a nighttime military operation

In this photo released by the White House, President Donald Trump monitors U.S. military operations in Venezuela, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (Molly Riley/The White House via AP)

After Maduro, who's next? Trump spurs speculation about his plans for Greenland, Cuba and Colombia

6:10 PM on Sunday, January 4

A day after the ouster of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, President Donald Trump is renewing his calls for an American takeover of the Danish territory of Greenland and is threatening Colombia with military action over its drug trade

FILE - Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro places his hand over his hear while talking to high-ranking officers during a military ceremony on his inauguration day for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Maduro’s case will revive a legal debate over immunity for foreign leaders tested in Noriega trial

2:42 PM on Sunday, January 4

When Nicolás Maduro appears in a New York courtroom to face U.S. drug charges, he'll be following a path taken by Panama's Manuel Noriega, another strongman who was toppled by American forces

President Donald Trump listens to a question during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla., as Secretary of State Marco Rubio watches. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US intervention in Venezuela could test Trump's ability to hold GOP together in an election year

12:32 PM on Sunday, January 4

President Donald Trump's military intervention in Venezuela is testing his ability to hold the Republican coalition together

Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

The Latest: Rubio suggests US won't run Venezuela day-to-day

10:05 AM on Sunday, January 4

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested the United States would not take a day-to-day role in governing Venezuela, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day earlier that the U.S. would be running Venezuela following its ouster of leader Nicolás Maduro

Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

'Still shaken': Trepidation in Venezuela after US captures Maduro

9:10 AM on Sunday, January 4

Venezuelans remain in shock after President Nicolás Maduro was deposed and captured in a U.S. military operation

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Saudi-backed forces regain control of Yemen's Hadramout after days of airstrikes

9:01 AM on Sunday, January 4

Saudi-backed forces have retaken Yemen's port city of Mukalla from southern separatists

Vehicles drive past the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Trump's plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela's oil industry faces major hurdles

6:08 AM on Sunday, January 4

President Donald Trump's plan to take control of Venezuela's oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country's president in a military raid isn't likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices

Government supporters burn a U.S. flag in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Rubio says US will press change in Venezuela with oil embargo, while Trump insists 'we're in charge'

1:26 AM on Sunday, January 4

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is suggesting the United States won’t govern Venezuela other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country

A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians stretches across Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

International aid groups grapple with what Israel's ban will mean for their work in Gaza

12:01 AM on Sunday, January 4

Israel has revoked the licenses of more than three dozen humanitarian organizations, and now those groups are grappling with how that will affect aid operations in Gaza

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