The United States on Monday announced a $2 billion pledge for UN humanitarian aid as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to slash US foreign assistance and warns United Nations agencies to “adapt,

President Donald Trump said the US has carried out a strike on a "dock area" linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats. Speaking to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Monday, Trump said there had been a "major explosion" last week where "they load the boats up with drugs".

The crew members of an oil tanker being pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard are claiming Russian status, two American officials said, more than a week after Americans tried to intercept the ship.

Trump told reporters on Monday that the U.S. had “hit” a “dock area where they load the boats up with drugs.”