Millions in Cuba without electricity after substation failure
HAVANA — Millions of people in Cuba remained without power Saturday after a failure of the nation’s electric grid left the island in the dark the previous night. The massive blackout is the fourth in the last six months as a severe economic crisis plagues the Caribbean country. The Ministry of Energy and Mines, in a statement on social More...
Trump orders strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen and issues new warning
President Donald Trump said he ordered a series of airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” until Iranian-backed Houthi rebels cease their attacks More...
Starmer tells global leaders to ‘keep the pressure’ on Putin over ceasefire in Ukraine
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told allies to “keep the pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin to back a ceasefire in Ukraine, hailing Ukraine as the “party of peace.” In his opening More...
Four boys killed by an Israeli drone strike in Gaza
For a year and a half, Umm Mahmoud Alerfan did everything she could to try to keep her children alive. As Israel pummeled Gaza with bombs, she kept them close, inside their shelter, terrified that a missile More...
Columbia protester arrested for overstaying student visa as tensions grow on campus
Federal agents arrested a Palestinian student who had taken part in protests at Columbia University last spring and had overstayed her student visa, officials said Friday. The student, identified by the Department More...
Johns Hopkins to let more than 2,000 staff go after Trump’s USAID cuts
Johns Hopkins University said it would eliminate more than 2,000 jobs after President Donald Trump’s administration rescinded federal funding for thousands of international aid projects, including a program More...
U.S. and Canada’s clash over tariffs overshadows G7 meeting
LA MALBAIE, Canada — Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied the U.S. was in a trade war Friday as he wrapped up his trip to a meeting of top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies. “There’s More...
Congo’s friends may force it to sit down and talk with Rwanda-backed rebels
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has long ruled out dialogue with the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels rampaging through eastern parts of his country, but a string of defeats and waning regional More...
Kremlin response to Ukraine ceasefire hints at Putin’s dilemma
There were “certainly reasons to be cautiously optimistic” about the prospect of peace in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday, after President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff met More...
4.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Italy leaving residents in fear
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