MIAMI — All U.S. airlines and other commercial operators have been banned from flying into Haiti for at least 30 days, the Federal Aviation Administration
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Turkey strikes Kurdish militants after deadly attack on defense firm
ANKARA — Turkey said it launched strikes on Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria today after blaming them for an attack that killed five people
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the main plotter of 9/11 attacks, agrees to plead guilty
HAVANA (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused as the mastermind of al-Qaida’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, has agreed to plead guilty, the Defense
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Russian warships to arrive in Havana next week but pose no threat, Cuba says
HAVANA — Cuba said this week that Russian warships would arrive in Havana next week, but that the four navy ships carried no nuclear weapons
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State Department removes Cuba from short list of countries deemed uncooperative on counterterrorism
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken removed Cuba Wednesday from the State Department’s short list of countries that it deems less than fully cooperative against
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Meet the members of a transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for beleaguered Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti was installed Thursday in the capital of this Caribbean country, which is
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Russia’s prosecutor general arrives in Cuba for bilateral talks
HAVANA — Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov arrived in Havana for bilateral talks with his Cuban counterpart and other officials, the prosecutor’s office said today.
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Six church workers and a priest held captive by gangs in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Amid ever-increasing gang violence in Haiti, six church workers and a priest were kidnapped on February 23, in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince,
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At least 400 detained across Russia at Navalny rallies, rights group says
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) — More than 400 people have been detained at events across 32 Russian cities since the death of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir
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Russia’s pursuit of a space-based nuclear weapon raises national security concerns in Washington
WASHINGTON — Russia is developing a space-based nuclear weapon designed to target U.S. satellites, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The weapon isn’t yet operational,
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