The Cuban government is planning to allow Cuban nationals who live abroad to invest in the island, a government official told NBC News, as the country faces economic collapse and pressure from the Trump administration.

Oil prices jumped 4% on Tuesday as uncertainty lingered over a U.S.-led coalition to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

With the Xi-Trump summit now almost certainly delayed, and tensions rising over the war in Iran, vital issues for both the U.S. and China are also being cast into uncertainty.

Cuba's national electric grid collapsed on Monday (March 16) leaving around 10 million people without power, according to operator, The Electric Union (UNE). Could this zero-gravity gym help astronauts stay fit in space?

Israel is dramatically expanding its military presence across southern Lebanon, saying that as much as 10% of the neighboring country’s territory could become a depopulated buffer zone as long as the threat from Iran-backed Hezbollah persists.

Afghanistan accused Pakistan of killing at least 400 people in an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital in the Afghan capital late Monday. It marked a dramatic escalation of a conflict that began late last month and has seen repeated cross-border clashes as well as airstrikes inside Afghanistan.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated a Jewish Iranian-American imprisoned for nearly a year in Iran as wrongfully detained, according to his family.

The beginning of 2026 ranks as the deadliest start to any year for people trying to cross the Mediterranean. But the true count may be even higher. Human rights groups are increasingly struggling