U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday took aim at Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at a U.N. Security Council meeting and called on all nations to back opposition chief Juan Guaido as the country's legitimate leader.
Venezuela's powerful military threw its weight behind Nicolas Maduro on Thursday as the US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido pressed a direct challenge to his authority, and the fate of the crisis-wracked country hung in the balance.
The Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi artillery on Wednesday carried out cross-border shelling on positions of the Islamic State (IS) militants inside Syria, leaving a total of 43 militants killed or wounded.
