President Trump said the United States had taken out a “big facility” last week as part of a pressure campaign against Venezuela but did not provide further details on the reported US action, CNN reports.

Said Trump: “We just knocked out — I don’t know if you read or you saw — they have a big plant, or a big facility, where the ships come from. Two nights ago, we knocked that out. So we hit them very hard.”

“A new round of peace talks between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Trump seem to have produced little beyond a promise to meet again next month and a reminder of how distant a peace deal remains,” the New York Times reports.

“Yet for Mr. Zelensky, even a stalemate in the discussions counts as progress.”

Washington Post: Trump and Zelensky strike hopeful tone after talks as hurdles remain.

“Benjamin Netanyahu has been prime minister of Israel for so long that nearly everyone knows how he governs,” the New York Times reports.

“He delays decisions. He keeps options open for as long as possible and creates new ones whenever he can. He wears down, outwaits and outlasts his adversaries — as well as his ostensible allies. He turns crises — including some of his own creation — into opportunities he can defuse, for a price.”

“But events are lining up in a way that may tax even his well-documented ability to stretch out tough decisions and shape them to his advantage.”