{"id":17459,"date":"2026-01-03T16:23:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17459"},"modified":"2026-01-03T16:23:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T11:23:35","slug":"global-outrage-erupts-over-us-bombi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/01\/03\/global-outrage-erupts-over-us-bombi\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Outrage Erupts over US Bombing and Venezuelan President\u2019s Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Global Outrage Erupts over US Bombing and Venezuelan President\u2019s Arrest<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"150\" data-end=\"247\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">President Trump says the US has carried out a \u2018large scale strike\u2019 against Venezuela and captured its President.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States carried out a \u201clarge-scale military strike\u201d against Venezuela early Saturday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"922\">In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro and his wife were captured and flown out of the country following the operation, which he said was conducted in coordination with US law enforcement agencies. The White House has not yet released official details confirming the claim.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1109\">US media outlets, including Fox News and CBS News, reported that American forces conducted strikes inside Venezuela, an action Venezuelans had feared for weeks amid rising tensions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1111\" data-end=\"1309\">Venezuelan authorities strongly condemned the attack. In an initial statement, President Maduro accused Washington of carrying out an \u201cextremely serious military aggression\u201d against the country.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1311\" data-end=\"1566\">\u201cVenezuela rejects, repudiates, and denounces before the international community the extremely serious military aggression perpetrated by the current government of the United States of America against Venezuelan territory and people,\u201d the government said.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1594\"><strong>Casualties Unclear<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1822\">As of now, there is no confirmed information on deaths or injuries resulting from the strikes. Venezuelan officials said damage assessments are ongoing, while international observers warned of potential civilian casualties.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1824\" data-end=\"1855\"><strong>International Reactions<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1856\" data-end=\"1908\">The attack sparked swift reactions across the globe.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"2053\">Colombia: President Gustavo Petro warned of escalating conflict and urged respect for international law and the protection of human life.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2229\">Cuba: President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel condemned the strikes as a \u201ccriminal attack\u201d and described them as \u201cstate terrorism\u201d, calling for an urgent international response.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2232\" data-end=\"2333\">Iran: Tehran strongly condemned the strikes, calling them a violation of Venezuela\u2019s sovereignty.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2336\" data-end=\"2466\"><a href=\"http:\/\/@mfa_russia\" target=\"_blank\">Russia<\/a>: Moscow denounced the action as an \u201cact of armed aggression\u201d and called for dialogue to prevent further escalation.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2469\" data-end=\"2546\">Spain: Madrid urged restraint and offered to mediate a peaceful solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"2548\" data-end=\"2681\">The situation remains fluid, with fears growing that further military action could lead to loss of life and regional instability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Outrage Erupts over US Bombing and Venezuelan President\u2019s Arrest President Trump says the US has carried out a \u2018large scale strike\u2019 against Venezuela and captured its President. &nbsp; US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States carried out a \u201clarge-scale military strike\u201d against Venezuela early Saturday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[3689],"class_list":["post-17459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-usa-venezuela"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17461,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17459\/revisions\/17461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}