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A member of Cuba’s National Assembly has lashed out at a new Miami Herald poll showing overwhelming support among Cuban Americans in South Florida for U.S. military intervention in Cuba, dismissing the findings as politically skewed even as the survey underscores hardening attitudes within the exile community. Carlos Miguel Pérez Reyes, a member of Cuba’s Communist Party and a deputy in the ...

A U.S. military surveillance drone flew for several hours along the coast of Cuba in an uncommon sighting for the Caribbean island, according to flight-tracking sources.

The United States imposed sanctions on Friday on five companies and individuals it said were involved in recruiting former Colombian military personnel to fight ​on behalf of a paramilitary group in Sudan.

BEIRUT – People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighborhoods Friday, with many finding their homes destroyed or uninhabitable and hesitant to stay for fear a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could unravel.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said the Strait of Hormuz was open following a ceasefire accord agreed in Lebanon, while U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed a deal to end the Iran war would come "soon," although the timing remains unclear.

Pre-war planning meant Iran’s military was able to mitigate the impact of U.S.-Israeli strikes on its weapons arsenal and leadership, according to Western military intelligence assessments — which also say it retains the ability to respond if the ceasefire fails.

President Donald Trump said Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, a move that offers to ease tensions more broadly in the region while the U.S. and Iran are in discussions to extend their own truce ahead of its expiration next week.

King Charles III will address a joint meeting of Congress during his upcoming U.S. visit. The king and Queen Camilla will travel to the East Coast for a four-day trip beginning April 27. His speech is to be delivered at some point during that stay, according to a Buckingham Palace press release. 

Colombia will euthanize dozens of invasive hippos descended from animals once owned by drug lord Pablo Escobar, in a controversial move underscoring the growing environmental and public safety risks posed by the species decades after their introduction to the South American country. Environment Minister Irene Vélez said authorities have approved a plan to cull up to 80 animals from a ...

Donald Trump’s bid to block Iran from using the Strait of Hormuz chokes a key Chinese energy supply and risks a showdown with Xi Jinping a month before the two leaders are set to meet in Beijing.

WASHINGTON – Israeli and Lebanese officials held their first direct talks in decades Tuesday, meeting in Washington to try to end a bloody conflict that has threatened to derail the broader ceasefire in the war between Iran and the United States.

When armed gangs shattered four months of relative calm in Haiti’s Lower Artibonite region last month, the violence didn’t just claim lives. It also added to the pressures of an already strained humanitarian system.

The U.S. and Iran are weighing a second round of peace negotiations, with Tehran considering a pause in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz to help ease the path toward further talks.