Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores are being held in a New York prison on drug trafficking charges, with their trial expected to begin in June.
Former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro could face new torture charges
In short:
The former president of Venezuela is expected to face new charges.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured and brought to the US on drug trafficking charges in January.
What's next?
The new charges are expected to be laid as soon as Thursday, local time.
The government is now 5-0 in its efforts to admit the so-called clean team confessions to the capital cases at Guantánamo Bay.
Her awareness and condition deepen ethical and legal questions after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her for murdering a classmate decades ago.
The teenager is fighting for life after being engulfed in flames during the arson attack in Melbourne's north-west on Monday.
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
A man who approached a four-year-old girl playing in the front yard of a house at a Darwin town camp and lured her away to violently rape her has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.