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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado met with Pope Leo XIV during a private audience on Monday.

So far, few details have been released about the meeting.

On Friday, the pontiff called for Venezuela’s sovereignty to be protected and issued an appeal “to respect the will of the Venezuelan people and to safeguard the human and civil rights of all.”

Machado, who is currently touring Europe, is expected to meet with Trump this week after he said on January 3 that she did not have the support or respect to lead the country.

She had dedicated her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump, who deeply covets the honour himself.

The Venezuelan opposition, which has been supported by Republican and Democratic administrations in the US, had pledged to replace Maduro with one of their own.

However, after the abduction of Maduro, Trump sidestepped the group, and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez became interim president.

Al Jazeera report

Trump to meet with Venezuelan opposition leader Machado on Thursday – Al Jazeera report.

Western affirmative action incites and emboldenes violent rioters to cause even greater damage –

Western sanctions and other forms of punitive measures are the contributing factors of these riots and must not be considered as “remedies.”

Iran is fighting ‘war against terrorists‘ who have been propped up by the zionist-american entity.

In contrast, peacefull Pro-Palestine protesters received the full force of law enforcement across EU, UK, US. Regime change rioters in Iran and across the world, however, have the unconditional backing of the West to destroy and kill at their hearts’ content.

This is another example of Western double standards and hypocrisy.

The European Union is “looking into” imposing additional sanctions on Iran over the repression of protests convulsing the country, the bloc says.

“We stand ready to propose new, more severe sanctions following the violent crackdown on protesters,” EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni says.

ToI – report

U.S. President Donald Trump had been presented with military options for a possible strike on Iran, though no final decision had been made. Trump has warned Tehran that Washington would intervene if protesters were killed in the ongoing demonstrations across Iran.

Politico.Eu report

At least 648 protesters and over 110 security forces were killed in Iran riots or violant protests across the country.

The Internet shutdown has lasted over 84 hours by now.

France24 report

Trump threatened to sideline Exxon Mobil from Venezuela’s energy market, saying he didn’t like their response to his calls for oil companies to quickly re-enter the South American country.

“I didn’t like Exxon’s response. You know we have so many that want it. I’d probably be inclined to keep Exxon out,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One on Sunday.

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President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would “probably be inclined” to keep U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil out of Venezuela.
His comments come shortly after Exxon CEO Darren Woods said the Venezuelan market is “uninvestable” in its current state.
Trump has been pushing for U.S. oil companies to invest at least $100 billion in Venezuela’s energy sector.

CNBS report

A Lebanese municipal councilor was martyred in south Lebanon on Sunday after his car was deliberately targeted by an zion¿st drone, the latest in a series of attacks carried out by the Israeli enemy in violation of the 2024 ceasefire.

An Israeli drone fired a guided missile into a car in the southern city of Bint Jbeil late on Sunday, killing one person, the National News Agency NNA said, citing Lebanese Health Ministry.

Local media identified the martyr as Mohammed Adel Al-Saghir, member of Bint Jbeil’s municipal council.


Earlier on Sunday, the Israeli enemy launched a series of strikes in several areas across south Lebanon. It also issued a so-called “evacuation order” in the southern town of Kfar Hatta. The Israeli fighter jets then bombed the residential building.

The Israeli enemy continues to bomb Lebanon, mainly the country’s south, almost daily and maintains occupation over five posts along the southern border, in violation of a ceasefire deal reached following the 2024 Israeli war.

More than 340 people have been martyred by Israeli attacks since November 2024, according to toll released by Lebanon’s Health Ministry.

Source: Al-Manar English Website

The Iranian administration has announced three days of mourning for victims, including members of the country’s security and volunteer forces, who were martyred by US- and zion¿st-backed rioters trying to hijack economic protests across the country.

The administration made the announcement in a statement on Sunday, likening the deadly violence to the one waged by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.

“The president and the administration will sit in mourning for Iran’s dear martyrs,” read the statement.

‘Victims of Iran’s national resistance’

The administration said the martyrs sacrificed their lives on the path of “Iranians’ national resistance in the face of the US and the Zionist regime.”

It noted that the victims included members of the Islamic Republic’s Law Enforcement Force and Basij volunteer force.

“The Iranian nation truly felt how criminals took on the dear nation, including members of Basij and the Law Enforcement Force, martyring many dear people,” the statement added.

“Thus far, such violence has only been witnessed on the part of Daesh terrorists reared by the United States.”

The statement emerged following the martyrdom of dozens of Iranian civilians and security personnel at the hands of the rioters, who have been confirmed by the Islamic Republic’s intelligence to have been in receipt of intelligence, operational, logistical, and financial support by Washington and the Israeli regime’s Mossad spy agency.

The Islamic Republic’s authorities have observed that through the riots, Iran’s adversaries have been seeking to make up for their failures during direct military aggression against the country.

The officials have, meanwhile, underlined on all occasions that the country exerts due effort to address economic shortcomings across various sectors, but, at the same time, stands firmly in the face of any attempt at derailing protests towards unrest.

PressTV report

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President Donald Trump’s photo portrait display at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has had references to his two impeachments removed, the latest apparent change at the collection of museums he has accused of bias as he asserts his influence over how official presentations document U.S. history.

The wall text, which summarized Trump’s first presidency and noted his 2024 comeback victory, was part of the museum’s “American Presidents” exhibition. The description had been placed alongside a photograph of Trump taken during his first term. Now, a different photo appears without any accompanying text block, though the text was available online. Trump was the only president whose display in the gallery, as seen Sunday, did not include any extended text.

The White House did not say whether it sought any changes. Nor did a Smithsonian statement in response to Associated Press questions. But Trump ordered in August that Smithsonian officials review all exhibits before the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The Republican administration said the effort would “ensure alignment with the president’s directive to celebrate American exceptionalism, remove divisive or partisan narratives, and restore confidence in our shared cultural institutions.”

APNEWS report

The protest movement, which started as a modest demonstration by shopkeepers in Tehran against a sudden depreciation of the country’s currency on 28 December, rapidly moved beyond the government’s control.

As the Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, called for dialogue, cautioning that government action could cause inflation to rise even further, signs of a crackdown by security forces started to appear.

Video emerged of riot police breaking into a hospital treating wounded protesters in the western province of Ilam on 4 January, shocking Iranians, who were outraged at the beating of patients and doctors.

At least 538 people have been killed in the violence surrounding demonstrations, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, including 490 protesters. The group reported that more than 10,600 people had been arrested by Iranian authorities.Pezeshkian called for an investigation into the hospital raid and other alleged ill-treatment by security forces and, unlike other Iranian officials, said that the Iranian government bore responsibility for demonstrators’ grievances, not foreign powers.

His promises of accountability was not enough to satisfy Iranians, and crowds grew.

Watching from outside Iran, diaspora and opposition figures began to think the protests held real promise for toppling the Iranian regime.

On Thursday, Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late shah of Iran who was expelled during the 1979 revolution, called for unified protests in the country. At 8pm on Thursday, Iranians across the country should chant from their windows and rooftops, Pahvlavi said, adding that he would announce next steps depending on the on-the-ground response to his call.

According to reports, the Internet has been cut off by authorities. However, Musk’s starlink was able to sneak in and has been utilised by some Iranian citizens.

The Guardian full report

109 security personnel had been killed in the protests across the country.

Al Jazeera report