China follows a policy of non-intervention and routinely criticises military activity conducted without the UN Security Council's approval.

Machado says she hasn't spoken to Trump since October

One soldier was wounded by shrapnel and being evacuated for medical treatment, it added.

The epicentre of the first 6.2 magnitude earthquake was in eastern Shimane prefecture

Maduro heckled and cut off in defiant US court appearance

Rodriguez, who has indicated she will cooperate with Washington, took the oath of office during a ceremony in the National Assembly

Toppled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges of narco-terrorism after President Donald Trump’s stunning capture of him rattled world leaders and left officials in Caracas scrambling to respond.

President Trump suggested on Sunday that the United States could take action against other countries after its attack on Venezuela. He threatened Colombia and its president, described Cuba as “ready to fall” and reasserted his desire to take control of Greenland.

A Japanese sushi entrepreneur paid a record $3.2 million for a giant bluefin tuna yesterday at an annual prestigious new year auction in Tokyo’s main fish market, smashing the previous all-time high.

A moderate 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern India’s Assam state early yesterday morning, according to the US Geological Survey.

China and Pakistan yesterday pledged to further deepen ties and expand cooperation, reaffirming to each other their historically “ironclad” friendship as signs of rapprochement between Islamabad and Washington grow.

Myanmar’s dominant pro-military party won the first phase of junta-run elections, the last released official results showed yesterday, with the USDP taking nearly 90 percent of lower house seats.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing cannot accept any country acting as the “world’s judge” after the United States captured Venezuela’s Maduro.

Hours after the United States announced the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Israeli politician Yair Lapid issued a warning to Tehran: “The regime in Iran should pay close attention to what is happening in Venezuela.”

Iran will offer no leniency to “rioters”, though the public has a right to demonstrate, the head of the judiciary said yesterday, following more than a week of protests.

AFP, Manila

Trump said Petro is 'a sick man who likes making cocaine and selling it to the United States'

Vance said he wasn't home

Maduro in same detention center that housed Ghislaine Maxwell

Flown by helicopter to New York