Over the past week, Ukraine has received a stark reminder of its growing dependence on uninterrupted access to Elon Musk’s Starlink and Starshield networks in its drone-heavy war against Russia, now in its fifth year. Ukraine has a fraction of Russia’s resources, but its aggressive development of drone warfare on defensive and offensive fronts has…
Havana, Cuba – Cubans are experiencing power blackouts and facing obstacles accessing medicine amid a strict U.S. embargo and sanctions that seek to put pressure on Cuba’s Communist government. The Trump administration has made it clear it wants to remove Cuba’s regime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the economic campaign is engineered to make…
The U.S. blockade of oil imports to Cuba has been blamed for a worsening economic and humanitarian crisis. The Trump administration is targeting Cuba’s communist government, imposing new sanctions against Cuba’s state-run bank. Matt Gutman traveled to Havana to see how U.S. sanctions are impacting the Cuban people. Source link
19m ago Norwegian teen sentenced in U.K. to 20 years in prison for plotting murder for Iran-linked gang A Norwegian teenager convicted of traveling to Britain to carry out a contract killing on behalf of an international crime gang linked to Iran was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19,…
President Trump announced Russia has agreed to provide the world with millions of tons of diesel fuel over the next several months in a bid to decrease skyrocketing global prices. In a Truth Social post, the president said he had just gotten off the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had agreed to release…
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 was awarded Friday to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, a South African-born former judge with the International Criminal Court who went on to become the United Nations human rights chief and is still serving with the U.N.’s other judicial body, the International Court of Justice. The Nobel Committee said it was…
London and Tel Aviv — The U.K. and Israel appeared Thursday to have narrowly avoided a major diplomatic confrontation, reaching a compromise to allow Britain’s nearly 200-year-old consulate in east Jerusalem to remain open, but under a new name and with a significantly reduced staff. Israel had threatened to shut the facility down completely in a…
Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of President Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff on Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy. The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son…
Washington — President Trump said European leaders have agreed to release a “massive amount” of their diesel oil stockpiles to alleviate high prices, following an emergency meeting of the Group of Seven leaders. A G7 video conference convened Friday morning to discuss fuel supply and prices, after a call overnight between French President Emmanuel Macron…
Sen. Josh Hawley is unveiling legislation Wednesday to establish guardrails for Flock cameras and other artificial intelligence-powered surveillance technology, CBS News has learned. The bill, dubbed the Stop Flock Abuse Act, would regulate automated license plate readers (ALPR) by imposing stricter limits on data, security and search functions. The cameras, which have become a popular…
