‘I don’t need international law,’ Trump says after abduction of Maduro
UN rapporteur tells Al Jazeera she is concerned that the world may be returning to an ‘age of imperialism’.

UN rapporteur tells Al Jazeera she is concerned that the world may be returning to an ‘age of imperialism’.




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A country ‘cannot enforce its law on the territory of another state’ without consent, UN rapporteur tells Al Jazeera.

“Get the **** out of Minneapolis”. Anger is rising after ICE agents shot dead a 37-year-old American mother.

President Donald Trump aims to control and revive Venezuela’s oil industry. Critics call it modern-day colonialism.

Venezuela’s interim leader has hit back at US plans to indefinitely control her country’s oil wealth.
Trump administration officials allege the shooting victim was interfering with an ICE agent’s work.
Deepening instability, minority distrust and foreign meddling test Damascus’s grip on a fractured state.
Venezuela’s interior minister says US operation to abduct Maduro killed 100 people and wounded dozens.
Washington’s actions violate the one-China principle and undermine regional stability.
The significant changes will lead the US to withdraw from key forums focused on climate change, peace and democracy.
Manhunt under way; police believe attack was not random nor religiously motivated.