China warned aircraft and ships to avoid seven designated drill zones around Taiwan, an effective blockade. On Tuesday, China fired 27 rockets from its eastern coast, some landing closer to Taiwan’s main island than ever before, said Lt. Gen. Hsieh Jih-sheng, a Taiwan military intelligence official.

China, a longtime ally of Venezuela, condemned the U.S. strike and capture of President Nicolás Maduro, which came hours after a high-level diplomatic meeting.

The turmoil in Venezuela continues a day after the country's ousted President Nicolás Maduro was captured at the hands of US troops in Operation Absolute Resolve.

US President Donald Trump said Nicolas Maduro and his wife would be taken to New York to face federal charges after military strikes and an operation which he described as looking like a "television s...