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United Nations: The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Monday (January 5) after an audacious US military operation in Venezuela over the weekend to capture leader Nicolas Maduro, with the United Nations’ top official warning that the US may have violated international law.

Before the UN’s most powerful body, both allies and adversaries blasted President Donald Trump’s intervention and him signalling the possibility of expanding military action to countries like Colombia and Mexico over drug trafficking accusations. He also reupped his threat to take over the Danish territory of Greenland for the sake of US security interests.

In a statement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he is “deeply concerned that rules of international law have not been respected with regard to the 3 January........

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