Overview

• Venezuela asked U.N. bodies in Geneva for an immediate halt to U.S. operations and investigations into alleged extrajudicial killings tied to recent maritime strikes.
• U.S. officials say forces have destroyed three small boats since early September in counternarcotics actions, reporting 14 people killed, with warships, an attack submarine and F‑35s positioned in the region.
• Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López labeled the three‑day La Orchila drills successful and said anti‑ship C‑802 and CM‑90 missiles were test‑fired without incidents.
• President Nicolás Maduro directed the armed forces to enter communities on Saturday to train volunteers in weapons handling after weak militia enlistment reported by local outlets.
• President Donald Trump rejected claims of a U.S. plan to force regime change, as media reported a draft bill circulating in Washington that could expand presidential lethal authority against designated “narcoterrorists.”