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Cubans sleep on Havana's seaside boulevard to seek relief from crippling blackouts and summer heat

By Ariel Fernandez, Andrea Rodriguez, Associated Press

Cuba suffered its sixth islandwide blackout this year. The nation has been in crisis since the Trump administration affectively cut it off from oil in January.

Top U.S. admiral says no nation will dominate Indo-Pacific

By Associated Press

The U.S. Pacific Command chief, Admiral Samuel Paparo, is warning that coercive actions by China and others are challenging regional stability in the Indo-Pacific.

Russia blasts Zaporizhzhia with glide bombs while Ukrainian drones kill 9

By Illia Novikov, Associated Press

Russian planes have dropped powerful glide bombs on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing one person and wounding dozens. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone debris killed six people in Arkhipo-Osipovka in Russia.

Europe's hot, dry summer takes its toll with fires in France and Greece, and drought in the UK

By Derek Gatopoulos, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Wildfires west of Athens jumped containment lines, a day after a midair collision between two helicopters killed two crew members.

A Putin critic leaves Russia after he is barred from running for parliament

By Associated Press

"Good news: I'm alive and free. Unfortunately, not in Russia for the time being," opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin said in a video on social media, showing him standing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Nauru, the world's 3rd-smallest country, changes its name to Naoero

By Charlotte Graham-McLay, Associated Press

The country’s international code will change from NRU to NRO and its people will be known as dei-Naoero instead of Nauruan.

Trump claims Iran talks will start Monday, and other developments in the Middle East

By Samy Magdy, Elena Becatoros, Josh Boak, Associated Press

fter calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that new talks to wind down the war would start.

Trump frequently announces he's halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring — and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.

Ceuta grapples with aftermath of border surge after most migrants leave the Spanish territory

By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press

Most of the 60,000 migrants who swam, scrambled and later charged into the tiny Spanish exclave in North Africa this week had walked back to Morocco by Sunday, but some stayed on in the hills surrounding the city.