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The UK and France pledged boots on the ground once a peace deal is reached.

Beijing and Moscow are strong allies of Venezuela’s abducted President Nicolas Maduro.

There are legal concerns about the abduction of President Nicolas Maduro, but little Western criticism.

US special forces have seized Venezuela’s president and his wife.

Millions of Americans face a sharp increase in their insurance premiums.

There have been angry protests across the country against economic hardships.

United Arab Emirates says its troops are pulling out of Yemen after the attack by Saudi Arabia.

Beijing has carried out its biggest-ever military drills off the self-governed island.

Alawite protesters confront government supporters in coastal cities.

Recognition of Somalia’s breakaway region draws widespread condemnation.