Former Cuban President Raúl Castro reappeared in public at a military event that celebrated the anniversary of an army branch responsible for protecting its top leaders.Cuban state television aired more than 10 minutes of footage Saturday night that showed Castro, 95, in...

An Iranian court sentenced a 20-year-old woman to death and her twin sister to decades in prison for their alleged roles in January's anti-government protests.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that a U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement may not happen, telling ABC's "This Week" that a deal could "await a next administration" as both sides traded fresh strikes at sea.

The Alternative for Germany scored a historic victory in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, exit polls ​showed on Sunday, dealing a blow ⁠to Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ​conservatives, but it was unclear whether ⁠the result would be enough to govern.The AfD won 44.5%...

President Donald Trump's push to tighten mail-ballot rules is running short on time, with a federal judge's preliminary injunction blocking the Postal Service overhaul as two swing states begin sending November ballots.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank to be dismantled, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, amid pressure from the U.S. to crack down on settler attacks on Palestinians.The order applies to...

The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms.The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani extended an order against the Postal Service...

Billions in Iranian funds move through U.S. correspondent bank accounts each year, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, exposing a gap in the Trump administration's push to cut Tehran off from the dollar.

President Donald Trump's job approval has slid to a record-low 33% in a Financial Times/Focaldata poll released Saturday, less than two months before midterm elections that hinge on voter anxiety over the economy.

Six months after a conflict that rattled markets and pushed the Gulf to the brink of a wider war, the tide may be turning against Iran as Washington unleashes an unprecedented economic offensive to achieve what military force could not.After years of surviving sanctions,...

The U.S. ambassador to Israel accused the British government of "Jew hate" on Saturday after British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband, who is Jewish, described the situation in Gaza as "horrific" in a video.

The crimson flags on Nanjie village's "East is Red" Square hang limp in the sweltering summer heat as a trickle of tourists take photos with a towering statue of Chairman Mao Zedong, still gleaming white almost 50 years after he died.The Great Helmsman, who died September 9...

Appeals from American tourism organizations seemed to be everywhere Josh Loewen looked over the last year. Billboards and banners proclaimed a state or city's love for Canada. Online and social media ads offered special deals for travelers from north of the border.As a...

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Sunday that Moscow has not ruled out a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Russia, the U.S. and China, state news agency TASS reported.However, ​before moving on to the actual preparations, it is necessary to...

OPEC+ is set to keep its oil output policy unchanged for October at a meeting on Sunday, two people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, as ​the producer group needs to agree new quotas before deciding its next output steps.The meeting comes as ⁠the Iran war...

Germany is planning a broad package of measures to strengthen its defenses against drone attacks, cyber intrusions and other forms of Russian sabotage following a failed airport drone attack last month, Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday.* Interior Minister...

Thousands of US sailors aboard an aircraft carrier departed from Thailand on Sunday, AFP journalists said, concluding its first port call following reports of deteriorating living conditions on board after nine months at sea.The 5,000-strong crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln...

Gavin Newsom's secret is no secret here in South Carolina.They were selling "Gavin 2028" buttons outside his events this past week as he trekked across the state that will hold Democrats' first presidential primary. His allies, the state party chair, college presidents and...

Voting in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt began on Sunday in a closely watched election that could see the Alternative for Germany (AfD) become the most conservative party to take power at a state level since World War Two.Under its 35-year-old lead candidate...

Argentina has announced that it will investigate and sanction oil companies working near the Falkland Islands without authorization, after President Javier Milei said the "winds of change" favor his country's claim to the archipelago.Britain and Argentina fought a 10-week...