Trump strikes Venezuela, captures the President, says the US will take over

Joseph Kabila, the former president, faces the death penalty after the government convicted him of treason last year. He says the charges are bogus.

By expanding the arena of fighting in the region, experts say, Tehran sent a warning about the dangers of a widening war.

President Trump put off plans to escalate the fighting in part because of dwindling stockpiles of interceptor missiles, American officials said.