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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro captured following U.S. strikes on Caracas, Trump says
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the United States had captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, and flown them out of the country amid strikes by the U.S. on Caracas, Venezuela’s capital. Source link
UAE pulls military forces out of Yemen following tensions with Saudi Arabia
The United Arab Emirates said early Saturday it had withdrawn all its troops from Yemen, after escalating tensions in the war-torn country that pitted the UAE against fellow Gulf powerhouse Saudi Arabia. Source link
Elon Musk's Grok AI says images of 'minors in minimal clothing' caused by safeguard lapses
xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday that lapses in safeguards had resulted in “images depicting minors in minimal clothing” on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this. Source link
Trump and top Iranian officials exchange threats over protests roiling Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump and top Iranian officials exchanged duelling threats on Friday as widening economic protests swept across parts of the Islamic Republic, further escalating tensions between the countries. Source link
Several killed in Iran during violent protests sparked by economic conditions
Several people were killed during unrest in Iran, Iranian media and rights groups said on Thursday, as the biggest protests to hit the Islamic Republic for three years over worsening economic conditions sparked violence in several provinces. Source link
Zohran Mamdani sworn in as New York City mayor at historic subway station
Zohran Mamdani was sworn in a mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Source link