Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel removed the country’s economy minister on Friday, according to state media, following a delay in recently announced measures to increase the prices of fuel and transportation.Cuba’s Council of State, which is under the president’s leadership, appointed Central Bank president Joaquín Alonso Vázquez to replace Alejandro Gil,…

Argentina’s lower chamber of deputies gave overall approval to libertarian President Javier Milei’s sweeping “omnibus” reform bill in a vote on Friday after days of debate, paving the way for a decisive vote in the Senate.The controversial reform package was approved on a vote of 144 votes in favor, and…

Iran backs multiple terrorist groups in the Middle East, including Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.Each group, which receives support from Iran through a number of methods, have increasingly become a threat to members of the U.S. armed forces, U.S. allies, commercial…

The U.S. retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq will only succeed if they convince Iran to stop pushing its proxies to attack American personnel and installations “anywhere in the world,” according to former officials.”The single measure of their effectiveness will be whether they deter further Iranian aggression,”…

Cyprus’ president on Friday required all government ministers to sign a “zero tolerance” declaration on sexist behavior and sexual harassment among employees and anyone visiting a government office.Cyprus already has stringent laws against sexual harassment and sexism in the workplace, but it’s the first time that ministers had to sign…

Panama’s Supreme Court on Friday denied an appeal from former President Ricardo Martinelli, convicted of money laundering in the case of a media company he purchased, likely keeping him out of this year’s presidential race.The court ruled that a 10-year prison sentence handed down last year for Martinelli will stand,…

The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry.The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan,…

A ship carrying 16,000 sheep and cows that turned back from the Red Sea due to the risk of attack off Yemen was stranded at an Australian port in a heatwave on Friday as the exporter sought to offload at least some of the animals into quarantine.Meanwhile, another vessel carrying…

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will on Friday take part in the dignified transfer of the remains of three troops killed in the Iran-backed militia attack in Jordan last weekend.The Bidens will join the grieving families of the three American service members who died when a drone…

Russia has allegedly refused Ukrainian requests to hand over the bodies of prisoners of war killed in the downing of a Russian military transport plane.Moscow accused Ukraine of killing its own men, while Kyiv dismissed this as “rampant Russian propaganda.”French military intelligence suggests Ukrainian forces used Patriot missiles to shoot…