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‘No more torture’: Venezuelan inmates take control of prison over alleged abuse, set it on fire Hundreds of inmates took control of a prison in western Venezuela on Sunday, protesting alleged torture and demanding the removal of the prison director, AFP reports.Thick smoke billowed from the Barinas Judicial Detention Center after prisoners set mattresses and…
A shocking incident linked to this year’s Cannes Film Festival is making waves online after beauty queen Andrea del Val accused celebrity stylist Giovanni Laguna of attacking her during their trip to Cannes.The controversy blew up after Andrea shared a disturbing video on social media where she appeared with visible injuries and blood running down…
A unit of Reliance Industries has reportedly started loading a 2-million-barrel shipment of Venezuelan crude. The oil has directly procured from state-run oil firm Petróleos de Venezuela, SA (PDVSA), according to a company document and shipping data on Monday, cited by Reuters.Reliance Industries secured a US general licence in February 2026, following an application in…
The Venezuelan migrant who shot 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman dead when she was on her night stroll to see northern lights has been identified as Jose Medina-Medina. The name of the 25-year-old suspect was not earlier released as he was not charged yet.The DHS announced Sunday that the ICE has lodged an arrest detainer asking “sanctuary…
India’s state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and private refiner HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) have each bought one million barrels of Venezuelan Merey crude oil, marking BPCL’s first-ever purchase and HMEL’s first in two years, according to Reuters sources on Wednesday. The deals, arranged through trader Vitol, will increase India’s Venezuelan oil imports to at…
Image posted by Department of War on X US military forces on Sunday boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea as part of efforts to curb illicit oil shipments linked to Venezuela.According to the defence department, US forces conducted the operation overnight in the INDOPACOM area…
US military reportedly used AI chatbot Claude in a mission to capture Nicolás Maduro, raising concerns about its deployment in combat. This comes as Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over AI usage, with the company opposing autonomous weapons and surveillance, while the Defense Department seeks fewer restrictions on classified networks. The US military used Anthropic’s…
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Ltd has received a general licence from the US to directly buy Venezuelan crude without violating sanctions.Those familiar with the development said the licence allows RIL to purchase, refine, export and sell Venezuelan-origin oil that has already been extracted. They added Washington has granted similar licences to several entities globally, with…
India on its part has said that the country’s energy security will drive purchase decisions. (AI image) Days after India and the US announced a trade deal, the government has reportedly urged refiners to consider picking up more crude oil from the US and even Venezuela. US President Donald Trump has removed the 25% tariffs…
Juan Pablo Guanipa, a key ally of Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Maria Corina Machado, was abducted by armed men just hours after being released from prison, in a dramatic turn that has again placed him at the centre of Venezuela’s political crisis.Machado said Guanipa, a former vice president of the National Assembly…
