Colombia's Avianca airline is avoiding Venezuelan airspace after a flight from Spain was approached by at least one warplane on Friday, creating a diplomatic incident, according to flight data, an airline source and authorities.
Hurricane Matthew intensified Friday into a major, Category Three storm, packing winds of 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour over the Caribbean Sea, US forecasters said.
Venezuela on Tuesday was set to expel a crew of Al Jazeera journalists who were intending to cover an opposition march against President Nicolas Maduro, the country's union of journalists said.
Venezuela sent an opposition leader who was under house arrest back to jail Saturday and expelled a delegation of Ecuadoran lawmakers, amid rising political tension over a campaign to recall leftist President Nicolas Maduro.
A Venezuelan court upheld the 14-year sentence of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Friday, in a move likely to increase tension in the crisis-hit South American country.
International concerns are mounting over the economic and political crisis in Venezuela, where the military on Saturday was holding a second day of exercises ordered by embattled President Nicolas Maduro.
Oil traded at around $49 a barrel on Tuesday within sight of a six-month high, supported by supply outages in Nigeria, Canada and other producers that are eroding a persistent glut.
Former UN secretary-general Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who led the world body from 1992 to 1996, has died, the UN Security Council announced Tuesday.
Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed Tuesday to freeze oil output at January levels during a meeting in Doha, HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada said.
Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Naimi was heading to Qatari capital Doha for previously undisclosed talks with his Venezuelan and Qatari counterparts, sources familiar with the meeting told Reuters on Monday.
Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali al-Naimi discussed cooperation between OPEC members and other oil producers to stabilise the global oil market with his Venezuelan counterpart on Sunday, state news agency SPA reported.
Oil extended a rally above $35 a barrel, adding to the previous session's 7% jump, as support from a weaker dollar offset concern about ample supply and record-high US inventories.
