Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › Politics › Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to face trial...
Politics

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to face trial next June

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to face trial next June
BBC News Wednesday 22 July 2026, 17:59 UTC 1 min read
Key Points

Maduro and his wife, who were seized and bought to the US earlier this year, deny the weapons and drug charges against them.

Maduro and his wife, who were seized and bought to the US earlier this year, deny the weapons and drug charges against them.
Venezuelan (ORG) Nicolás Maduro (PERSON) Maduro (ORG) US (LOCATION)
Originally published by BBC News Read original →

Related Stories

Fears for endangered right whales grow as moratorium clears a key hurdle

Fears for endangered right whales grow as moratorium clears a key hurdle A vote by the Republican-controlled Congress is anticipated as early as this summer and is widely expected to pass - Bookmark New protections for the endangered North Atlantic right whale could be postponed for nearly a decade following a vote in Washington last week that garnered strong support from the fishing and lobster industries. Environmental groups warn this delay could prove catastrophic for the vanishing...

The Independent World 21m ago

Visa refusal may prevent ex-ASIO source giving Bondi evidence

Ex-ASIO source with information on Bondi gunmen denied visa to give evidence at royal commission Thu 23 Jul 2026 at 4:39am In short: An ex-ASIO agent who infiltrated Sydney's ISIS networks has been denied a visa to Australia that would have allowed him to give evidence to the Bondi royal commission. The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion had said it was "eager" to hear from the former ASIO source, known as Marcus. Several federal MPs have called on the government to grant...

ABC Australia 23m ago

Hungary: Ex-PM Orban pledges resistance to Magyar 'tyranny'

Hungary: Ex-PM Orban pledges resistance to Magyar 'tyranny' July 22, 2026Hungary's former Prime Minsiter Viktor Orban accused prosecutors and the new government of sham investigations into his Fidesz party on Wednesday, a day after investigators seized equipment from the party HQ in Budapest as part of a corruption probe. Hungary's longstanding leader, Orban lost April's general elections in a landslide to conservative rival Peter Magyar, himself a former Fidesz member, in a result hailed by...

Deutsche Welle 29m ago

Zelenskyy under growing pressure to reinstate sacked defence minister

Campaigners in Ukraine pledge to continue nationwide protests until Mykhailo Fedorov gets his job backVolodymyr Zelenskyy was under growing pressure to reinstate his sacked defence minister on Wednesday, after campaigners said they would continue indefinite nationwide protests until Mykhailo Fedorov got his job back. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy bowed to public demands by firing Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. He appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new head of the country’s armed...

The Guardian UK 31m ago