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Cuba's top envoy to US calls Trump's sanctions on Cuban leaders a 'pretext' for military action
Cuba’s top diplomat to the United States says recent sanctions targeting the island's leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a U.S. military intervention in Cuba More »
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US strikes Iran after Trump blames Tehran for downing Army helicopter
The U.S. military has carried out strikes on Iran following the crash of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter off the coast of Oman More »
Israel's Arabic-language military spokesperson has gone viral, inspiring fear and fascination
For more than two years, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza and Lebanon have lived in dread of Avichay Adraee’s next social media post More »
Pope Leo XIV gets caught up in Spain's great debates over soccer and language
Pope Leo XIV has been caught in two of Spain's major culture debates during his visit to Barcelona More »
AP Interview: Albania's leader defends Kushner-linked luxury development
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama says a controversial luxury resort development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner will move forward despite growing protests More »
Carney says the new Canadian-built bridge across Detroit River that Trump threatened will open
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says a new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon More »
Pope's youth rally in Spain gets raw, with frank discussion of depression and domestic violence
Pope Leo XIV is presiding over a youth rally in Barcelona More »
Colombia passes law to track cattle and keep deforestation-linked beef out of supply chains
Colombia has enacted a law aimed at preventing cattle linked to deforestation from entering beef supply chains by connecting livestock traceability, land ownership and forest monitoring systems More »
Colombian presidential candidate urges prosecutors to investigate alleged voter coercion
Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is urging prosecutors to investigate possible voter coercion by rebel groups in favor of governing party candidate Iván Cepeda More »
China's President Xi returns home after closely watched trip to North Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping has returned home, ending a rare state visit to North Korea More »
