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Venezuela needs $183 bn till 2040 to boost crude oil output to 3 mbpd

Venezuela produces only about 0.8 per cent of global crude output despite holding 18 per cent of the world's oil reserves, reflecting years of underinvestment and infrastructure constraints

Maduro calls himself a 'prisoner of war', not 'defendant' in US court

His simple statement in federal court was aimed directly at contradictions in the Trump administration's actions in the Caribbean

Progress for Ukraine peace talks uncertain as US focus shifts to Venezuela

Before the US military operation targeting Maduro, Witkoff had indicated progress in talks about protecting and reassuring Ukraine

Asian shares advance while oil prices ease amid US operation in Venezuela

Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 1.8 per cent to 26,815.75 and the Shanghai Composite index was up 1.1 per cent at 4,069.38

Venezuela's IBC Index zooms 16%, hits 52-week high following US attack

Venezuela's IBC Index jumps 16% to a 52-week high after a US attack, as investors bet on sanctions relief, oil revival and political change

Trump's Greenland logic spells trouble for Europe, threatens Nato unity

While Greenland is a self-ruling territory, with the local government controlling most domestic issues, Denmark oversees the Arctic island's defense and security

Hindu shopkeeper killed in Narsingdi-Bangladesh; 6th such death in 18 days

Accoring to local media, on 19 December, Mani wrote a Facebook post expressing concern about violence in the country, describing his birthplace as having become "a valley of death"

Curfew extended in Nepal's Birgunj as tension continues over TikTok video

The local administration on Monday afternoon issued the prohibitory order in parts of the district, but the two sides held simultaneous protests defying the order

Trump meets House Republicans to align agenda ahead of critical midterms

With Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation taking effect at midnight Tuesday, Republican leaders now have a 219-213 majority in the House

Taiwan detects 8 sorties of Chinese aircraft, 7 vessels near its territory

Of the eight, two crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern ADIZ

Israel carries out strikes across Lebanon ahead of key disarmament meeting

At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but there were no immediate reports of deaths

Israeli strike hits Gaza tent, kills 5-year-old girl and her uncle

The dead are among the more than 400 people killed in Gaza since an October ceasefire began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry

US takeover of Greenland would mark end of Nato, says Danish PM Frederiksen

The dead-of-night operation by US forces in Caracas to capture leader Nicols Maduro and his wife early Saturday left the world stunned, and heightened concerns in Denmark and Greenland

Cuba faces uncertain future after US captures Venezuelan leader Maduro

Venezuela and Cuba are so close that Cuban soldiers and security agents were often the Maduro's bodyguards, and Venezuela's petroleum has kept the economically ailing island limping along for years

Mexico dismisses fears of US military action after Venezuela intervention

Trump and his collaborators have flirted with the idea of invading or attacking the cartels in Mexico since his election campaign, but in increasingly measured tones

At least 35 people killed, 1,200 detained in Iran's economic protests

The figure came from the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, which said more than 1,200 people have been detained in the protests

Venezuelan govt seeks to show it is operating free from US control

While Venezuelan lawmakers met, Maduro made his first court appearance in a US courtroom on the narco-terrorism charges the Trump admin used to justify capturing him and taking him to New York

Blasts near Venezuela's presidential palace were warning shots: Official

Earlier Monday heavily-armed security forces and pro-government motorcycle gangs known as colectivos roamed the capital, at times stopping drivers and checking their phones

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hits Japan, no risk of tsunami: Officials

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said no abnormalities were found at the Shimame nuclear power plant and a related facility in the region

Maduro case judge, 92, brings history of dealing with Trump's pressure

A Bronx native and Columbia Law School graduate, Judge Alvin Hellerstein's shown an independent streak through a series of administrations since his 1998 appointment by President Bill Clinton