The strike is the first the U.S. is known to have carried out inside Venezuela amid its escalating pressure campaign.

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong kicked off the first working day of 2026 with a phone call with US President Donald Trump on Friday (Jan 2). In a statement on Friday night, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said the two leaders noted that this year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Yet there’s good reason why the Defiant, when it’s laid down in 2030, will be the first new American battleship in more than 80 years: Battleships bowed out in WWII with the sinking of Japan’s Yamato, the biggest and most powerful ever built.

On Friday, Trump said in a radio interview that the U.S. had struck a “big plant or a big facility where the ships come from,” implying that the strike occurred in Venezuela but not explicitly saying so. He said that the attack happened “two nights ago.”

During a press conference, President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they are close to a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

In the year ahead, Trump will up the ante but face new limits to imposing his will at home and abroad, writes Ian Bremmer.

President Donald Trump has issued the first vetoes of his second term, rejecting two bipartisan natural resources bills.

In an unusual move, President Donald Trump announced a covert strike in Venezuela. It's not the first time he has publicly touted covert operations.