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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday that an "armed intervention in Venezuela would be a humanitarian catastrophe" in the face of escalating actions from the United States toward regional neighbor Venezuela, Reuters reported. 

On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington's latest move to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's government, targeting its main source of income.

Lula and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the leaders of Latin America's two largest economies, had already urged restraint this week, as tensions escalated, according to Reuters. 

The United States has intercepted an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed Saturday, a move that comes just days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a "blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, Reuters reported. 

It’s the second time in recent weeks that the United States has gone after a tanker near Venezuela amid a large U.S. military build-up in the region.

Noem confirmed the Coast Guard intercepted a tanker that was last docked in Venezuela, according to Reuters. 

China on Wednesday launched the Kinetica-1, also known as the Lijian-1 Y11 carrier rocket with nine satellites onboard, including three international payloads for the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Nepal. After delivering the nine satellites to their preset orbits, the launch mission was declared a complete success, The Global Times reports.  

According to the rocket developer CAS Space, most of the satellites, owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) will support applications including urban planning, disaster prevention and mitigation, water resources, and meteorology, according to the report. 
 

CPN UML Chairman, KP Sharma Oli has said that the UML is shouldering a huge responsibility as the country is facing hard times at present. 

The central committee of the party must carry out its responsibility with utmost devotion, he reminded.

Chairman Oli, who has been reelected to the post for the third time, said it while urging the party line in the first meeting of the newly elected central committee through the 11th National Congress. 

"The National Congress was successful from every angle. Although the party sees occasional problems, all should be aware not to repeat weaknesses," he stressed. 

The Chairman announced the party would move ahead as per the policy the National Congress passed. "We must have a unified voice. UML activities will reflect synchronicity," he added.

Chairman Oli directed the party line not to disclose intra-party differences and disputes in the media but to submit in writing or verbally before the party leadership. He further said, "Discipline is essential because we are social beings. As UML is a leading political power, it is further imperative for us."

UML is not rowdy like the group which torched Singha Durbar, he said, adding that personal freedoms should not breach party lines and collective welfare. The forthcoming party meeting will have further decency, according to him.

Oli urged leaders not to be perturbed by the baseless rumours against UML. "There are no factions nor groups in UML; the party is a unified whole," Oli underscored.

The country, at present, is at a crossroads, so UML itself will bring politics back on track.

President Ram Chandra Paudel has issued the House of Representatives (HoR) Member Election (First Amendment) Ordinance 2082 today. 

President Paudel issued the ordinance at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers in accordance with the Article 114 (1) of the Constitution, informed the Spokesperson of the President's Office, Pradeep Kumar Koirala. 

The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, has ordered the suspension of the green card lottery program at Donald Trump’s direction, saying it allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the US, The Guardian reported. 

Suspect Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, initially entered the US on a student visa in 2000 and later became a permanent resident in 2017, according to Oscar Perez, the police chief in Providence, Rhode Island. Valente was found dead on Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country,” Noem said on X, according to The Guardian. 

Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet Poland's President Karol Nawrocki in Warsaw on Friday, as the Ukrainian leader tries to shore up relations with a key ally at a crucial moment for Kyiv's war effort, Reuters reported. 

The ‍visit ​comes just as European Union leaders that United States President Donald Trump recently branded "weak" ‍have agreed to borrow cash to fund Ukraine for the next two years, ensuring it can continue its fight against Russia's invasion.

While there is broad agreement ​in Warsaw ​that aid for Kyiv is essential in order to keep Russian forces away from Poland's borders, hardening attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees have fuelled simmering tensions, according to Reuters. 

The Australian government has announced a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack - its deadliest mass shooting in decades, BBC reported. 

The scheme is the largest since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which left 35 people dead and prompted Australia to introduce world-leading gun control measures.

Fifteen people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday when two gunmen, believed to have been motivated by "Islamic State ideology", opened fire on a Jewish festival at the country's most iconic beach, according to BBC.