U.S. authorities charged former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with conspiring to torture his fellow citizens in order to maintain his hold on power. The new indictment, unsealed Thursday, adds pressure on the ousted authoritarian leader already fighting drug trafficking offenses.

Former ⁠Venezuelan President ​Nicolas Maduro ‌and his ‌wife ⁠are expected ⁠to face new charges ​over alleged ​torture of Americans ⁠who ⁠were in ⁠the country's ​custody in recent ​years, ⁠CNN reported ⁠on Wednesday,

A new charge of conspiracy to commit torture has been filed against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. NBC News’ Tom Winter reports on the latest developments in the investigation.

Prosecutors in New York brought new charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores over the alleged torture of Americans who were held in Venezuelan government custody in recent years.

The consulate, first established in 1838, was set to be closed by the Israeli government in retaliation for UK sanctions.

Workers removed signage from the British Consulate in East Jerusalem overnight, after an Israeli order to shut the mission expired on Thursday (October 8). The British flag was still flying above the compound on Thursday morning,

Israel says Britain's Consulate in east Jerusalem has stopped functioning in that capacity and that 20 staffers will leave the country.

Israel ordered the complete closure of the nearly 200-year-old consulate last month as part of a series of measures in retaliation for the British government’s announcement that it would impose sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Thames Valley Police have acknowledged before the high court that search warrants used to raid the residences of former Prince Andrew were unlawful.

A London judge says police who searched former Prince Andrew's properties in connection to Jeffrey Epstein agreed the search warrants were unlawful. Justice Nicholas Hilliard stated that Thames

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor sued police over searches during a Jeffrey Epstein-related investigation.

The warrants that allowed police to raid former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes as part of a criminal investigation earlier this year were unlawful, a High Court judge said.

Hundreds of ⁠students, ⁠inspired in part by ⁠educational unrest in neighbouring France, have taken to the streets ​of the Belgian city of Liège, with local media reporting 107 arrests in ‌recent days.

Thousands have been arrested and classes were canceled for the rest of this week as the student protests tapped into French anger over austerity measures.

The French government ⁠said ⁠on Wednesday it was pausing the use of ⁠stun grenades in its policing of student protests after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off during a clash ​with riot police. Rights groups,

The protests began in September in the suburbs of Paris and have spread nationwide.

Several explosions were heard in Saudi Arabia's capital of Riyadh on Thursday, including a large blast at the city’s international airport, a witness told The Associated Press, a day after the kingdom said an attack on the airport killed one person and wounded others.

Saudi Arabia said three people were killed and dozens injured in Houthi attacks on its airports this week, as the conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-backed rebels continues to escalate. A Sudanese man was killed and seven other people were injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in the capital Riyadh on Wednesday,

Yemen's Houthis on Thursday claimed a fresh attack on a key airport in Saudi Arabia and warned that all oil facilities in the country are targets for the Iran-aligned militia. Houthi military

Thick black smoke and flames rise from Riyadh's King Khalid Airport on October 8 after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis say they attacked the airport.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani mourned those killed and abducted on October 7 while accusing Israel of genocide, apartheid, and war crimes during the Israel-Hamas War and the Gaza ceasefire.

Mamdani visited Hinds Hall on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, a branch of Palestinian chain Ayat, which takes its name from a young girl killed in Gaza.

It is his first Oct. 7 anniversary as mayor, and his planned appearances throughout the day are expected to draw close attention from both supporters and critics.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was called a "traitor" by anti-Israel protesters who accused him of genocide at an Oct. 7 vigil near Union Square.