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WATCH: Senate advances war powers resolution to limit Trump after Venezuela raid

By Stephen Groves, Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

The war powers resolution would require President Donald Trump to get congressional approval before striking Venezuela again.

U.S. will leave 66 international organizations as Trump further retreats from global cooperation

By Matthew Lee, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for dozens of international organizations, including the U.N.'s population agency and the U.N. treaty that establishes international climate negotiations, as the U.S. further retreats from global cooperation.

White House says U.S. will control Venezuelan oil industry 'indefinitely'

By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart

The Trump administration escalated its pressure on Venezuelan oil, seizing two tankers and declaring it intends to “indefinitely” sell the country’s oil. The administration's rhetoric has also included threats to seize Greenland, part of NATO-member Denmark. Nick Schifrin reports.

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Civilians flee Aleppo as clashes between Syrian government and Kurdish forces escalate

By Omar Albam, Associated Press

The Directorate of Social Affairs and Labor in Aleppo reported over 46,000 people displaced. Clashes and shelling left several dead and dozens wounded.

CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold U.S. secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84

By Associated Press

Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia in one of the most damaging intelligence breaches in U.S. history, has died in a Maryland prison.

Trump's offshore wind project freeze hit with lawsuits from states and developers

By Jennifer McDermott, Associated Press

The Norwegian company Equinor and the Danish energy company Orsted are the latest to challenge the suspension order.

Trump sidelines Venezuela's opposition leader while keeping Maduro's party in power

By Regina Garcia Cano, Associated Press

President Trump has sidelined the opposition by allowing Maduro's vice president to take control in the interim. Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has praised Trump but has not been embraced by his administration.

Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox teen during protest

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

The incident happened Tuesday during a demonstration by thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews against a law seeking to draft them into Israel’s military.

Denmark and Greenland seek talks with Rubio over U.S. interest in takeover of island

By Stefanie Dazio, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a select group of lawmakers that it was the administration’s intention to eventually purchase Greenland — a self-governing territory of Denmark and part of NATO — rather than use military force.

WATCH: White House addresses Venezuela operations after U.S. seizure of oil tankers

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the crew of a merchant vessel seized earlier Wednesday would be “brought to the United States for such prosecution if necessary,” citing the presence of a “judicial seizure order” in place.