US President Donald Trump said the airspace around Venezuela should be considered closed "in its entirety".

Nov 29 (Reuters) - Venezuela condemned U.S

U.S. President Donald Trump declared the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela "closed in its entirety," a blunt Saturday Truth Social directive to "Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers" that offered no legal basis or operational details.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday that the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela should be considered 'closed in its entirety' to airlines, drug dealers and traffickers.

TEHRAN The latest statements from President Donald Trump mark one of the most serious escalations in the long confrontation between the United States and Venezuela

China has called on the United States to lift its illegal and unilateral sanctions imposed on Venezuela and do more to facilitate peace, stability and development in Latin America and the Caribbean region, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said at a daily press briefing on Friday, Xinhua reported.

The affected carriers ceased flying to Venezuela after the US warned of heightened military activity.

TEHRAN Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has once again denounced the United States military buildup in the Caribbean.

Airlines are told to resume flights to Venezuela within 48 hours or risk losing their clearance to fly there

The US says it is headed by Venezuela's president and other senior politicians, but some analysts say it does not even exist.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is poised to launch a new phase of Venezuela-related operations in the coming days, four U.S

MADRID (Reuters) -Three international airlines canceled their flights departing from Venezuela on Saturday, the day after the U.S

Following increased US pressure on the Venezuelan government, the two sides say they are open to talks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Monday he has not ruled out putting American forces on the ground in Venezuela, while expressing a willingness to hear directly from Nicolas Maduro regarding the Venezuelan leader's proposals to avert further U.S

Washington alleges the group is headed by Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro, and is involved in drug trafficking and illegal mining.

TEHRAN Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil Pinto has, in a message, thanked Iran for giving a warning over the consequences of the U.S

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senior Trump administration officials have held three meetings at the White House this week to discuss options for possible military operations in Venezuela, officials said on Friday, amid a growing U.S

LONDON - The United States is going through a major economic crisis, which is why Trump talks about controlling places like Greenland or the Panama Canal, and makes threats of military action against the oil-rich Venezuela, and even talking about annexing Canada.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll published Friday found only 29% of Americans support using U.S

Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Caribbean has marked a dangerous escalation in U.S. military activity and sharply heightened tensions with Venezuela.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republicans blocked a resolution on Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from attacking Venezuela without congressional authorization, a day after administration officials told lawmakers that Washington is not currently planning strikes on Venezuelan territory

TEHRAN Could a U.S. attack on Venezuela serve as a prelude to a future strike against Iran? This is one of the most frequently asked questions in Iranian circles today regarding the fate of Caracas and the Maduro government.

(Reuters) -Russia remains in constant contact with Venezuela over tensions in the Caribbean, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Tuesday

In the same interview, the US president suggests Nicols Maduro's days as the South American country's leader are numbered.

(Reuters) -Russia's foreign ministry denounced on Saturday "excessive military force" by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela's leaders

Venezuelan analyst Diego Sequera told Irans Mehr News Agency that Washingtons latest maneuvers in and around Venezuela are not truly about the drug trade.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump on Friday denied he was considering strikes inside Venezuela, appearing to contradict his own comments from last week and amid intensifying expectations that Washington may soon expand drug-trafficking-related operations

New reporting in the Wall Street Journal and the Miami Herald says the Trump administration has identified targets in Venezuela that include military facilities used to smuggle drugs, and that Washington has made the decision to attack military installations inside Venezuela strikes that, the Herald wrote Friday, could come at any moment.