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HAVANA – Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Monday, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the island's already obsolete generation system.

Iran struck new targets across the Persian Gulf, hitting a key United Arab Emirates oil hub as U.S. allies balked at President Donald Trump’s demands to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.

When José Romero learned there would be tens of thousands of tulips up for grabs on the National Mall on his 48th birthday, he knew he had to try to nab one of the highly sought tickets.

Iran's relations with Gulf states will require a "serious review" in light of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, limiting the power of external actors so the region can become prosperous, Tehran's ambassador to Saudi Arabia told Reuters on Sunday. Asked if he was concerned that ​relations would be harmed by the war, Ambassador Alireza Enayati said: "It's a valid question, and the answer may be simple. We are neighbors and we cannot do without each other; we will need a serious review."

DUBAI – Iran has arrested 500 people accused of sharing information with enemies, the Islamic Republic's police chief said on Sunday, as Israeli and U.S. fighter jets continue ​to strike new targets in the country.

KYIV – Ukraine wants money and technology in return for helping Middle Eastern nations that have sought its expertise as they defend against Iranian kamikaze drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after Kyiv sent specialists to the region.

DUBAI – President Donald Trump said on Sunday his administration is talking to seven countries about helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, calling on them to help protect ships in the vital waterway that Tehran has mostly blocked to oil tanker traffic.

CAIRO – Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, health officials said, in one of the heaviest death tolls in a single day in weeks, as Israel continued to launch attacks on Lebanon and Iran. Medics and the interior ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza said ​an Israeli airstrike killed a senior police official and eight other officers when it hit their vehicle near the entrance to Zawayda town in the central Gaza Strip. At least 14 other people, mostly bystanders, were wounded, the ⁠Gaza health ministry said.

AMSTERDAM – An explosion caused minor damage to a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what the city's mayor ​described as "a deliberate attack against the Jewish community".

YEONCHEON, South Korea – North Korea fired more than 10 ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, as the U.S. and South Korean forces conducted military drills and ​U.S. President Donald Trump renewed overtures towards Pyongyang for dialogue. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was quoted as saying on Friday the U.S. had sought a postponement of the latest round of three-sided talks on a settlement to Ukraine's ​four-year-old conflict with Russia.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the U.S. military has opened a comprehensive investigation into last month’s deadly strike on an elementary school in Iran, in what appeared to be a tacit acknowledgment of the United States’ responsibility for the incident and a shift to examining how it occurred.

A handful of Greek shipowners have sent crude oil and dry bulk tankers through the Strait of Hormuz during the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, risking destruction from mines, missiles and drones for a chance at millions of dollars in quick profits.

WASHINGTON – Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, questioning Khamenei's ability to govern after nearly two weeks of U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran.

HAVANA – Cuba has opened talks with the U.S. government, President Miguel Diaz-Canel said on Friday, as an oil blockade imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump pushes the Communist-run nation deeper into economic crisis.

Iran’s new supreme leader said the Strait of Hormuz should remain closed and Tehran will look to open other fronts in the war if the U.S. and Israel persist with their attacks.

Cuba’s top diplomat in Washington says Havana is prepared to enter diplomatic talks with the United States, reiterating the country’s willingness to engage even as tensions escalate with President Trump asserting that the island nation’s government could soon collapse.

Two leading spatial intelligence companies say they are restricting access to satellite images of the Middle East in response to the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.