Venezuela's Supreme Court has ordered that Vice President Delcy Eloína Rodríguez Gómez assume the presidency of Venezuela in an acting capacity.

China has urged the United States to abide by the one-China principle and to stop the "dangerous moves of arming Taiwan".

China issued the statement in response to the latest U.S. announcement of large-scale arms sales to the Taiwan region.

Worldwide condemnation has followed the United States attack on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.

United States authorities say Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro faces criminal charges linked to drug trafficking and weapons offences in the United States.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Maduro has been indicted in New York.

'Brutal' and 'flagrant' are the terms used by the Ambassador of Venezuela to Namibia, Dr. Magaly Henríquez, to describe what she says was a military attack by the United States on Venezuelan territory and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro.

Venezuela has rejected and denounced military aggression perpetrated by the government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory.

The government of Venezuela says the United States bombed areas of Caracas, the capital, and the states of Miranda, Aragua, and La Guaira. 

Flood victims of Tuesday's disaster in Zambia's Lundazi District of Eastern Province are in dire need of safe water after the water treatment plant got submerged by the same overflow.

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland as an independent state has drawn sharp reactions from the international community, with Somalia condemning the move as a “deliberate attack” on its sovereignty.

Mali's Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Boubacar Diane, declared the development of the Sahel region in line with the dynamics of the global energy industry as one of the main objectives of the Sahel States Alliance at the meeting of the AES Ministers of Mines, Petroleum, and Energy in Niamey on Wednesday.

Ghanian video journalist Ernest Dele Aglunu scooped top honours in the Global South Video News Awards, held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi.

The inaugural awards were aimed at recognising journalists of the Global South whose work is reshaping the narrative around the south.