Dec 12 - Venezuela's interior ministry said in a statement late on Thursday that the United States has suspended a migrant repatriation ‍flight ​which had been set to arrive ‍on Friday, amid months of high tensions between the two countries, though a ​U.S. ​administration official said flights will continue. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Dec 12 - Venezuela's interior ministry said in a statement late on Thursday that the United States has suspended a migrant repatriation ‍flight ​which had been set to arrive ‍on Friday, amid months of high tensions between the two countries, though a ​U.S. ​administration official said flights will continue. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The flights with Venezuelans who had been living in the United States arrived at a time of airspace safety concerns as the U.S. military pressures Venezuela’s leader.

The flight’s approval illustrates how the United States and Venezuela are still communicating, after a declaration from President Trump that Venezuelan airspace was “closed in its entirety.”

Dec 2 - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has approved a migrant repatriation flight from the United States, Venezuelan authorities said on Tuesday, days after Caracas said comments by U.S. President Donald Trump had effectively halted the program. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.