By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez used her first state of the union message Thursday to advocate for opening the crucial state-run oil industry to more foreign investment following the Trump administration's ...

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — After weeks of escalating tension, U.S. and Iranian officials faced each other Thursday at the U.N. Security Council, where America's envoy renewed threats against the Islamic Republic despite President Donald ...

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums played solemnly at Havana's airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers marched out of a plane carrying urns with remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on ...

By CHAN HO-HIM and DIDI TANG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. tech industry. The deal is the latest President Donald Trump has ...

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed nine people, including three women, a day after the U.S. announced that the fragile ceasefire would advance to its second phase. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two years ago, was plunged into fresh turmoil Thursday after its leader sacked the man widely seen as her greatest rival for ...