Venezuela
Astonishing early Iran war goal: Hand power back to the man who wanted Israel to be ‘wiped off the map’
Soon after killing Iran’s supreme leader and other top officials, the US and Israel reportedly considered installing hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a more pliable replacement.
- Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman
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US soldier charged with using classified intel to win $560,000 bet on Maduro raid
Gannon Ken Van Dyke was part of the operation to capture the Venezuelan president and is accused accessing classified information to make money on prediction market site Polymarket.
- Hallie Golden and Konstantin Toropin
- Explainer
- Trump diplomacy
‘Cuba is finished’: What does Trump want with the island nation?
Without oil from Venezuela, the island nation is in crisis. Now Trump says he will ‘take’ it. How did Cuba get here, and what’s next?
- Angus Holland
- Analysis
- Cuba
‘The Crab’: The Castro who could end communism in Cuba
The grand-nephew of Fidel Castro is shaping up to be the man who could end his family’s decades-long stalemate with the US – and perhaps the Castro dynasty altogether.
- Benedict Smith
- Analysis
- Middle East at war
Iran has a plan to see off Trump. It’s not that complicated
The Islamic Republic is aiming to drive up the cost of the war for the US president – American casualties, energy costs, inflation – to persuade him to declare victory and go home.
- Steven Erlanger
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Trump’s attacks are not about Iran. He’s after a much bigger fish
Behind the turbulence that characterises US President Donald Trump’s actions in Iran lies a shrewd geopolitical strategy.
- Clinton Fernandes
‘It ran and we followed’: US forces chase down oil tanker near Australian islands
The military boarded the sanctioned Venezuela-linked vessel in the Indian Ocean after “hunting” it for some 15,000 kilometres from the Caribbean, the Pentagon said.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
Trump is pushing China and Europe together to create a new world order
It takes a lot to throw these two foes together, but the US president may have pulled it off over the 10 days that shook the world, culminating in the Greenland disgrace.
- Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
What’s in the ‘massive armada’ Trump has heading towards Iran?
The US president says a strike group led by the USS Abraham Lincoln is approaching Iran with “enthusiasm and purpose”. What does it entail?
- Opinion
- Oil
Trump’s devious deal hits China’s wallet – and its influence
The US has taken control of the oil dollars coming out of Venezuela and it’s keeping them away from the rest of the world with a cunning strategy.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz