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The meeting was part of Mr. González’s international tour to drum up support for Venezuela’s opposition.

The Taiwanese Coast Guard said seven Chinese nationals were aboard a ship suspected of causing the damage.

An energy crisis in Transnistria, a pro-Russian territory between Moldova and Ukraine, erupted on Jan. 1 when Moscow stopped supplying natural gas through a pipeline running across Ukraine.

He ran unsuccessfully for the French presidency five times, riding waves of discontent and xenophobia as the leader of the National Front party.

Few took the president-elect’s combative comments at face value, but they still sent a shudder through a country that the United States has invaded before.

The president-elect did not elaborate on what actions he might take if the captives are not released by the time he takes office.

The White House has discussed a possible swap with the Taliban for a prisoner at Guantánamo Bay, according to people familiar with the matter.

The United States just formally declared that genocide has taken place in the northeast African nation, but the calamity there dates back decades.

Edmundo González, who is recognized by the United States as the president-elect of Venezuela, said his son-in-law was kidnapped by hooded men.

Facing international condemnation and pressure to free the chief of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Israel released a brief interrogation video backing up its claim that militants used the hospital as a base.