National-World

By Sol Amaya, CNN en Español (CNN) — Cuban officials have held talks with the United States, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed for the first time on Friday, as the island faces an economic crisis and intense pressure from Donald Trump. “There are international factors that have facilitated these talks,” Díaz-Canel said in a video

By Jessie Yeung, Max Saltman, Nina Giraldo, CNN (CNN) — As the US-Israel war with Iran enters its third week, the economic fallout is growing with little sign of relief, as Tehran’s new supreme leader vows to keep the Strait of Hormuz closed. Casualties are mounting, with six US service members among those killed in

By Salman Saeed and Rhea Mogul, CNN Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) — Every day, Shakil Khan weaves his bike through the relentless traffic of Dhaka, delivering items and ferrying passengers across the city. However, these days he’s waiting hours in long queues at gas pumps to fill his bike within a government cap on fuel purchases.

By Ted Barrett (CNN) — Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker is planning soon to hold the first public oversight hearing of the Iran war with top US Department of Defense officials testifying, CNN has learned. Details on when and who will appear have not yet been finalized. Asked if he expects Defense Secretary Pete

By Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, Abeer Salman, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped charges against five reservist soldiers accused of assaulting a Palestinian detainee at the notorious Sde Teiman military prison – in a move welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and condemned by human rights groups. The charges of

By Rocio Munoz, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — China’s Embassy in the US briefly shared an AI-generated video poking fun at US President Donald Trump’s Shield of the Americas Summit on Wednesday, days after Trump took the stage at the Florida event to warn about “hostile foreign influence” in Latin America. The video, published by

By Jeremy Diamond, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Zeena Saifi, CNN Tel Aviv, Israel (CNN) — Specks of orange light streak across the night sky as air raid sirens wail in the background. It is an unnerving spectacle that has become a feature of the war here, as Iran has increasingly outfitted some of its ballistic missiles with

By Elizabeth González, Max Saltman, CNN (CNN) — With fuel and freight prices skyrocketing as war chokes the Strait of Hormuz, the Panama Canal is seeing more business than usual. The canal, which connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at a narrow point between North and South America, is receiving a “slight increase” in vessels,

By Will Ripley, Wayne Chang, CNN Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan’s military has grown used to the daily task of tracking Chinese warplanes flying near the island. Some days there are a handful. On others, many more. But they are a near-constant presence. So when the aircraft suddenly stopped coming for nearly two weeks, the

By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Iran’s new supreme leader has purportedly delivered his first written message, demanding that the United States and Israel pay “compensation” for their attacks on Iran and warning that the key Strait of Hormuz shipping route will remain closed to apply pressure, as the conflict increasingly spreads to