The United States' biggest strategic adversaries quickly condemned President Trump's decision to order U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the raid to capture now-former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Russia has moved swiftly after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, signaling that the crisis now extends far beyond Latin America.

The Russian war in Ukraine continues as President Donald Trump tries to keep the fragile peace negotiations alive.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has again condemned the US intervention in Venezuela and the seizure of president Nicolas Maduro.

“I don't believe that strike happened," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on his return to Washington, D.C., from Florida.

The United States for the first time on Tuesday (January 6) backed a broad coalition of Ukraine's allies in vowing to provide security guarantees that leaders said would include binding commitments to support the country if it is attacked by Russia again.

Reports of the planned interception come amid increasingly tense relations between Washington and Moscow, as the U.S. continues to broker a peace deal in Ukraine.

Oil prices declined on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said Venezuela will be "turning over" 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the United States.

The vessel has changed its name to the Marinera and painted a Russian flag on its side, in what appears to be an attempt to claim protection from Moscow.