Saturday

United States president Donald Trump orders airstrikes on Venezuela. Several explosions and low-flying aircraft are reported in Caracas and at least 40 people, including civilians and military personnel, are reportedly killed. A national state of emergency is declared following the strikes. (ABC News Australia) (The Times) (AP) (The New York Times) (CNN)

Footage shows United States Marine Corps Bell AH-1Z Vipers striking Fort Tiuna and Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base with Hellfire air-to-surface missiles during the operation. Fort Tiuna is later evacuated. (El Tiempo in Spanish) (The Aviationist)

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, first lady Cilia Flores, are captured by U.S. forces and flown out of the country. Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez confirms that both Maduro and his wife are missing. (CBS News) (BBC News)

U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi says Maduro has been indicted in New York on drug and weapons charges. The U.S. says that he is being held aboard the USS Iwo Jima and will be taken to New York. (BBC News) (AP)

At least six people are killed and 42 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Sumy Oblasts of Ukraine. (The Kyiv Independent)

Four more protesters are shot dead by security forces in Malekshahi County, Ilam province, Iran. (Hengaw) (Reuters)