Overview
- Venezuela secured an emergency Security Council meeting for Friday, warning a U.S. armed attack on its territory could occur in a very short time.
- Granada said the United States requested to temporarily install radar equipment and associated personnel at its main airport, a move now under review by the island’s government.
- The U.S. Senate voted 51–48 to defeat a resolution that would have required congressional authorization for further maritime attacks on suspected traffickers.
- The White House rejected President Gustavo Petro’s assertion that a bombed boat carried Colombians and urged him to retract, as Petro backed Qatar as a potential mediator to halt the strikes.
- U.S. forces have destroyed at least four to five boats with about 21 reported deaths, deployed multiple warships, a nuclear submarine and thousands of troops, and have not publicly provided evidence to Congress that the vessels carried narcotics.