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Spain is one of Communist-ruled Cuba’s biggest trading partners and a major investor there, especially in the tourism sector

The strikers are demanding the government compensate for inflation expected to top 40% this year, driven by a 50% slide in the value of the peso currency against the dollar

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih overcame the detention and exile of key opposition figures to win a presidential poll and unseat incumbent Abdulla Yameen, but now faces the task of holding together a disparate coalition

The ferry MV Nyerere capsized on Lake Victoria with a death toll of at least 136 and scores of people still missing

The latest events in the Syrian conflict are threatening to spark a regional war despite the agreement between Moscow and Turkey to establish a buffer zone in Idlib province

Co-hosting the Games would build on the success of this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, where North Korea’s participation helped ease tensions on the peninsula

South Africa’s highest court allowed the private use of marijuana, upholding a lower court’s ruling that found the criminalization of cannabis was unconstitutional

Instead, two senior ministers in her government, Kyaw Tint Swe and Kyaw Tin—both seasoned diplomats who in the past defended Myanmar’s former military regime on the global stage—would attend

In his latest attempt to come to grips with a spreading sexual abuse crisis, as the Catholic Church is facing sexual abuse scandals in the United States, Chile, Australia, and Germany, among others

The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years, cementing a stunning reconciliation