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People watches from a rooftop as a plume of smoke rises after a strike in Tehran.
March 2, 2026

US-Israeli strikes and Iran’s response

The US and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, in photos. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Cayman Islands Minister of Employment and Immigration, Michael Myles.
February 27, 2026

More changes coming to new immigration law in Cayman Islands

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – The Cayman Islands government is moving to further amend immigration legislation ahead of debate in Parliament next week, introducing provisions to grandfather in…
Fishermen pass an oil tanker in the Gulf of Venezuela off the shore of Punta Cardon, Venezuela, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, FIle)
February 27, 2026

US moves to legally control tanker and 2 million barrels of oil seized off Venezuela’s coast in December

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States Justice Department has filed a complaint to legally take ownership of a sanctioned tanker and nearly two million barrels of petroleum seized off the coast of…
President Donald Trump gestures from the stairs of Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, February 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
February 27, 2026

Trump raises possibility of ‘friendly takeover of Cuba’ coming out of talks with Havana

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States is in talks with Havana and raised the possibility of a “friendly takeover of Cuba” without offering any details on what he…
 Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
February 27, 2026

Maduro’s lawyer says Venezuela gov’t blocked from paying legal fees

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for the cost of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s defence against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially…
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
February 27, 2026

Early election called after tense US-Greenland standoff

COPENHAGEN (AP): Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen yesterday called an early general election for March 24 as the country digests the recent standoff with US President Donald Trump over his…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia Scott Campbell.
February 27, 2026

UN: Human rights situation is backsliding as nation heads into elections

BOGOTA (AP): Colombia is at risk of “reverting to the serious human rights situation” it faced before a peace deal with the nation’s largest rebel group improved security conditions, the United…
CARICOM Chairman and St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew, second from right, flanked by St Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre, Jamaica’s Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness and CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett at an end-out-
February 27, 2026

Regional countries to send humanitarian aid to Cuba

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have ended their four-day summit in St Kitts on Friday agreeing to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, but the exact nature of that…
 Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro.
February 26, 2026

Maduro’s lawyer says US is blocking Venezuela gov't from paying deposed leader’s drug defence

The Trump administration is blocking Venezuela’s government from paying for the cost of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s defence against drug trafficking charges in New York, a move that potentially…