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First images of Maduro in US custody released since his abduction
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appeared in the first photos from US custody since his January abduction.
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Colombia’s new president faces backlash over ‘inhumane’ deportation policy
Less than a month into his presidency, Abelardo de la Espriella has announced effort to expel undocumented immigrants.
President Donald Trump signs order creating US Space Academy
The president said graduates of the new academy would serve the US Space Force, NASA and the civilian flight industry.
US judge denies injunction against Trump’s new birthright citizenship order
The rejection is a temporary setback for immigrant rights advocates, who have been instructed to revise their petition.
Nepali families pray for miracles with relatives missing after flood
At a Kathmandu hospital, families peer at lists of those who are critical, dead — or have been released.
![A wall on the Tribhuvan University hospital where families have stuck posters of missing relatives, in Kathmandu, Nepal [Mohammad Meherban/ Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/hospital-posters-1787925987.jpeg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
US judge blocks Pentagon blacklisting of AI firm Anthropic
Court order rules that Pentagon acted illegally, punishing AI company for criticism of government.
Fired Stars and Stripes journalists sue Trump administration for censorship
Staff at the military newspaper allege US government sought to violate First Amendment rights to free speech.
Federal US judge faces complaint over staunch pro-Israel advocacy
A lawyer has accused Judge Roy Altman, who calls the keffiyeh a ‘terror scarf’, of anti-Palestinian bias in his remarks.
US charges 81 in Puerto Rico gang case, as Trump cartel crackdown continues
The arrests are part of a federal task force initiative targeting criminal gangs and transnational organisations.
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Syria’s president appoints ex-commander of Kurdish-led SDF as advisor
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa appoints Mazloum Abdi as presidential advisor, three days after dissolution of SDF.
![Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and former commander of Syrian Kurdish-led forces Mazloum Abdi shake hands in March 2025 [FILE:Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2025-03-11T061109Z_233780442_RC2HADAUL4WL_RTRMADP_3_SYRIA-SECURITY-1787870412.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US President Trump signs order renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
The rebrand comes as the US and Canada engage in a cross-border trade war after Trump increased tariffs last week.
