US Treasury sanctions Venezuelan officials backing Maduro’s ‘repression and illegitimate power grab’
Friday, 10 January 2025 () Nicolas Maduro was unexpectedly sworn in for a third term as president of Venezuela, sparking widespread national and international outrage. In response to these actions, on January 10, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on eight senior Venezuelan officials directly involved in Maduro’s ongoing efforts to suppress […]
A devastating plane crash occurred near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan, involving an Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer 190 passenger jet en route from Azerbaijan to Russia. The aircraft, carrying 67 people,..