The United Nations is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution condemning the decades-long U.S. economic embargo on Cuba as President Donald Trumps administration intensifies its campaign to undermine Cubas socialist government, including by threatening military intervention. The annual exercise aimed at calling out the U.S. governments maximum pressure ...

At least 10 people were killed when two high-speed trains crashed into each other in central Spain on Wednesday, officials in the country said. That number will surely rise, said Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the Castilla La Mancha region. The accident took place just after 9 a.m. local time (5 a.m. ET) between the towns of Mora and Orgaz in the ...

Even though Pope Leo XIV is recovering well from lung cancer surgery and is going ahead with a big trip to Latin America next week, the diagnosis is a bit of a game-changer for the Vatican and Leos still-young papacy, a top Vatican official said Tuesday. Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy Sees foreign minister, said there had been a temptation ...

A residential cruise ship halted operations in Cambodia on Tuesday amid soaring fuel costs, leaving passengers in limbo after the U.S. company that operates the vessel ordered them to disembark. In a news release, Florida-based Villa Vie Residences said it was working to identify temporary living arrangements for people aboard The Odyssey, a 642-foot ...

Several South Florida communities dealt with flooding Tuesday because of the high tide. In Fort Lauderdale, one city official says the flooding is getting worse. Chopper 6 captured flooded streets in Hollywood and Dania Beach as well, including one person pushing a car through the water. Near downtown, Mario Santoloci says when he got to work, water ...

The University of Utah apologized on Monday to ESPNs Pat McAfee after a handful of students mocked him as corny and creepy, triggering the college football personality during his assignment last week to Salt Lake City. Students had made moderately disparaging remarks about the former Indianapolis Colts punter, which were taped and published on the ...

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday denounced any religious justification for wars raging around the world, saying there is no such thing as a holy war. Only peace is holy, Leo said in a video-message to a gathering of religious leaders in the Italian hilltop town of Assisi. The American pope was supposed to have presided over the gathering in person, but had to ...

Broward Countys top elections official is urging voters to consider voting early in person instead of relying on vote-by-mail ballots amid concerns about delays involving the U.S. Postal Service. Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott said his office has received complaints from voters who say they never received their requested vote-by-mail ...

State Department says it will give US visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flvio Bolsonaro and his family. THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP’s earlier story is below. Defeated presidential candidate Flvio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States following a stunning loss to incumbent President Luiz Incio Lula da ...