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Captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is escorted, as he heads towards the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in Manhattan for an initial appearance to face US federal charges including narco-terrorism, conspiracy, drug trafficking, money laundering and others, at Downtown Manhattan Heliport, in New York City, US, 5 January 2026. REUTERS

US soldier charged with making $400,000 on Maduro removal bets

In the weeks leading up to Maduro's 3 January capture, Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a master sergeant with US Army Special Forces, used sensitive classified information to make wagers on prediction...

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US to loosen marijuana rules in major shift for $47 billion industry

A cargo ship in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, 11 March 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran seizes vessel in Strait of Hormuz, defying US naval superiority

US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan speaks, after President Donald Trump announced the Navy's "Golden Fleet", at Mar-a-lago in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Jessica Koscielniak/File Photo

US navy secretary exits 'effective immediately' amid Pentagon shake-up

A drone view of a pump jack and drilling rig south of Midland, Texas, US June 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Oil prices edge lower with no progress on US-Iran talks, Hormuz shipping still disrupted

US forces patrol near the Iranian-flagged cargo ship M/V Touska after it was boarded and seized by US forces on Sunday, at a location given as the Arabian Sea, in this handout image released April 20, 2026. Photo: Reuters

US intercepts 3 Iranian oil tankers in Asian waters, sources say

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AI chatbots gain traction among US doctors for clinical and administrative work

A nurse draws a blood sample from a child for an HIV test at a clinic in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, South Africa, March 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Expert quits US HIV role, rebukes Trump's global health approach

US Marines load an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer into the cargo hold of a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport plane, to be delivered in Europe for Ukrainian forces, at March Air Reserve Base, California, US April 21, 2022. Picture taken April 21, 2022. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Austin Fraley/Handout via REUTERS.

US Centcom says forces ‘rearming and retooling’ during Iran ceasefire

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Florida launches criminal probe into OpenAI and ChatGPT over deadly shooting

FBI Director Kash Patel looks on, as he testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, March 18, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. Photo: Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

Trump brands critics 'TRAITORS ALL' over Iran policy

The SpaceX Launch Complex at Launch Pad 39-A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 6, 2026. Photo: Reuters

SpaceX tries to woo Wall Street with three-day analyst meeting this week: Sources