The dramatic action capped an intensive Trump administration pressure campaign on Venezuela’s autocratic leader and months of secret planning, resulting in the most assertive American action to achieve regime change since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Regina Garcia Cano, Matthew Lee, Will Weissert and Eric Tucker, Associated Press and Brenda Wintrode
Hours after the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Maryland’s congressional leaders have split along party lines in response to the mission.
President Donald Trump said Sunday he believes both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin truly want peace, as he welcomed the “brave” Ukrainian leader for talks at his Florida resort.
Will Weissert, Seung Min Kim and Elise Morton, Associated Press
Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.
Thomas Adamson and Elaine Ganley, Associated Press
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine soon enters its fourth year, Ukrainian artists across the world continue to make art as a form of resistance and expression of what it means to be Ukrainian.
An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday, as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims.
Charlotte Graham-McLay, Kristen Gelineau and Rod McGuirk, Associated Press
City officials marked the first night of Hanukkah in an Inner Harbor lighting ceremony a day after an antisemitic terrorist attack on a popular Australian beach.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore condemned the attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a famous Australian beach Sunday morning, calling the violence antisemitic.
Top Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday, pushing to broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
Halloween is the day to take out your fears and examine them, to laugh at what gives you the willies. Dress them up in silly costumes, throw candy at them and hope they don’t get angry.
Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, fallen utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.
Ariel Fernández, Andrea Rodríguez, John Myers Jr. and Evens Sanon | Associated Press
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war.
Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Melanie Lidman, Associated Press
President Donald Trump is setting off for Israel and Egypt on Sunday to urge Middle East allies to seize the opportunity to build a durable peace in the volatile region.
Aamer Madhani, Joseph Krauss and Darlene Superville
Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman and Waafa Shurafa, Associated Press
The partisan split in public opinion on Israel predates the current war with Hamas, but recent polling suggests some Americans have lost sympathy with the Israelis over the course of the war.