The U.S. Supreme Court will hear ExxonMobil’s arguments over Cuban oil assets seized more than half a century ago. Valued at $70 million in 1960, the assets are now the subject of a $1 billion claim due to accrued interest.

Indiana’s top political figures are taking on pressing issues from international legal disputes to local border enforcement policies. During “All INdiana Politics,” Congressman André Carson and Governor Mike Braun offered their views on the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the impact of stricter border measures.

The Trump administration’s January 3 military operation to detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has sparked backlash from legal experts and international observers. Critics argue the action may have violated both the U.S. Constitution and international law, fueling debate over the United States’ legal authority to topple a foreign leader.

Several Republican senators are pressing the Pentagon to disclose who ordered a follow-up strike on survivors from an earlier missile attack on a suspected Venezuelan drug boat. The lawmakers say that targeting defenseless individuals at sea raises grave concerns about possible violations of international law and military conduct.

In March 2014, Russia seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in a swift, bloodless operation the world overwhelmingly deemed illegal. That single move plunged Moscow’s relations with the West into their steepest decline since the Cold War—a rift that still defines European security.