Afghanistan’s deputy government spokesman said early Tuesday the death toll from an airstrike by Pakistan that hit a hospital treating drug users in the Afghan capital Kabul has increased to 400. In a post on X,

Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies" and "also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants," Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga said in an interview in Havana.

President Trump’s words came as a top Cuban official said his country would announce on Monday a move to open the economy to foreign investors, including Cuban exiles.

Two Iranian women soccer players have been seen training with the Brisbane Roar after Australia granted them asylum, and they stayed behind as teammates headed home

Kenya and Russia announced on Monday that Kenyans will no longer be recruited by the Russian military and sent to fight in Ukraine.

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.

Explosions sounded over Dubai early Tuesday as the United Arab Emirates’ military worked to intercept incoming Iranian fire that caused the country to briefly close its airspace as Israel launched new strikes in war in the Middle East.

The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a report by the Financial Times which suggested ​that the Ukraine peace process was fizzling out ‌because U.S. President Donald Trump's attention was now on Iran and he was losing interest in Ukraine as ​a result.