Cuban official says talks with the US are at a standstill, announces UN debate on US oil embargo
Cuba’s foreign minister says talks between Cuba and the U.S. are at a standstill despite the island recently approving a series of free-market reforms.
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Rights lawyers sue Ghana over third-country deportation deal with the US
An international coalition of human rights lawyers has sued Ghana, accusing the government of violating deportees’ rights under a deal with the Trump administration.
Pope promotes Italian nun to top migrant role in his first major appointment of a woman to Holy See
Pope Leo XIV has made his first major appointment of a woman to the Holy See hierarchy, Sister Alessandra Smerilli to the top migrant role.
Iran says this. The US says that. A look at the trickiest issues in the unresolved conflict
The 60-day clock is ticking on further talks between the United States and Iran on the interim deal they signed earlier this month, but it’s not clear when their negotiators will meet again.
France records around 1,000 additional deaths as extreme heat breaks European records
Temperature records were toppled in several countries as the heat wave slowly moves east.
Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks
By JON GAMBRELL and MELANIE LIDMAN DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to U.S. airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” in negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks. Efforts to reopen the Strait of […]
Trump presses Syria to take on Hezbollah, raising alarm in Lebanon and Israel
By ABBY SEWELL BEIRUT (AP) — As the White House has soured on Israel’s war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, U.S. President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents who overthrew Syria’s autocratic President […]
Venezuelans hope online posts will bring news of missing after devastating earthquakes
People in Venezuela and abroad are desperately searching for loved ones after two powerful earthquakes struck Wednesday evening. The 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude quakes caused widespread damage and were among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century.
St. Bernard dogs still roam the Swiss Alps as part of this ‘living museum’ and its breeding program
The St. Bernards, once famous for mountain rescues, are now too large for such tasks.
Mediators worked through threats and strikes to broker the US-Iran deal, and challenges remain
The interim peace agreement reached between the United States and Iran last week was the result of weeks of tough diplomacy repeatedly threatened by outbreaks of violence.