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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters after travelling from Barquisimeto, where she made her first public appearance following her return to the country after nearly a year abroad, in Caracas, Venezuela, October 25, 2026.
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Venezuela’s opposition leader finally returns, Students win big in Serbia election, Algeria to send troops to Niger

After ten months in exile, Maria Corina Machado is back in Venezuela.

Oil workers drilling a well in an oil field, Venezuela.
What We're Watching

The US stakes its claim on Venezuelan oil fields, Greece inks a massive weapons deal with Israel, Russia comes to Niger’s rescue

The US government will take a majority stake in a new company that has the rights to develop 65 million barrels of Venezuelan crude, or about one-fifth of the country’s total proven reserves.

US oil companies fill their coffers
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US oil companies fill their coffers

While the average American household has spent $1,100 more on gas and diesel since the start of the Iran war, oil companies have been profiting from higher fuel prices.

​Igmel Tamayo carries charcoal to sell on the side of a road for use as cooking fuel in homes, on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba, on January 12, 2026.
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Hard numbers: Cuba’s oil reserves running dry, China executes alleged Myanmar scammers, Metal hype continues, Heavy gunfire at Niger’s airport

People gather outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport to decry President Trump's travel ban on 19 countries which went into effect this morning.​
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Hard Numbers: Trump adds to travel-ban list, China lowers tariffs on EU pork, Alaskan rivers turning orange and red, Panama Canal deal hits impasse

5: US President Donald Trump added five new countries – Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria – to the list of nations banned from traveling to the US.

​US President Donald Trump and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán shake hands in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Orbán seeks Russian oil carveout from Trump, Nigerien uranium to pass through risky area, Israel hits southern Lebanon

​People gather at a petrol station in Bamako, Mali, on November 1, 2025, amid a fuel blockade imposed by al Qaeda-linked insurgents.
Analysis

Mali’s insurgency spells trouble for West Africa

Mali is on the verge of falling to an Islamist group that has pledged to transform the country into a pre-modern caliphate. The militant group’s momentum has Mali’s neighbors worried.

​Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, on August 27, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Trump to talk Gaza plan, Niger’s anti-colonial crusade gives Russia an opening, Australia follows the money to Tehran

Men are seen on a farm close to the banks of the River Benue in Makurdi, Nigeria November 29, 2018.
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HARD NUMBERS: Attack in northern Nigeria, Toilet stolen from Churchill’s home, and more…

​Anna Sawai, winner of the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series award, and Hiroyuki Sanada, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for "Shogun."
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Hard Numbers: Diversity wins at Emmy Awards, Space tourism blasts off, European floods prove deadly, Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners, US leaves Niger, Germany holds fake horse contest

Diversity won the night at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, honoring a lineup of Latino, LGBTQ+, and Japanese artists. The FX drama “Shogun” nabbed the best drama prize, collecting 18 Emmys overall, including best actor awards for Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada.

​Demonstrators toss a trash bin during an anti-immigration protest, in Rotherham, Britain, August 4, 2024.
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Hard Numbers: Far-right unrest in UK, Nikkei plunges, Tragedies & infrastructure woes in China, Hawaii fire settlement reached, al-Qaida affiliates stir trouble in Somalia & Niger, Olympic firsts