Serena Marshall/ABC News(NEW YORK) — For the first time in more than 50 years, America’s neighbor only 90 miles away could finally be open for American tourists. A group of bipartisan senators proposed legislation last week that would end the travel ban Read More
Cubadebate handout photo(HAVANA) — Cuban state media released nearly two dozen photos of Fidel Castro around midnight Monday, the first new images showing the former president in nearly six months. The photo release follows renewed rumors about Castro’s Read More
iStock Editorial/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Free after 400 days in an Egyptian prison, Al Jazeera reporter Peter Greste has reclaimed control of his Twitter account and is on his way back to Australia. His brother Mike Greste has been at the helm of his Twitter account Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A years-old message of tolerance and understanding by Japanese journalist Kenji Goto is drawing new attention, days after he was beheaded by ISIS. On Sept. 7, 2010 Goto tweeted in Japanese, “Closing my eyes and holding still. Read More
Wathiq Khuzaie/Getty Images(CAIRO) — In yet another effort by the Egyptian government to crush the country’s main Islamist political group, a judge Monday sentenced more than 180 people to death for a deadly attack on a police station in August 2013. The Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A terrifying moment on board one of London’s iconic double-decker buses on Monday. At least five people were injured after the bus collided with a low-hanging tree, ripping the roof of the bus. Ethan Meade, a student at the London Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A growing number of senior military and civilian advisors to President Obama support providing defensive weapons to Ukraine as that country comes under increasing attacks by Russian-backed separatist groups. New discussions about Read More
PATRICK HAMILTON/AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO) — In his first public comments since being freed, Al Jazeera English reporter Peter Greste briefly reflected on his 400 days locked up in Egyptian prisons and called for his producer and cameraman to be released Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — A new YouTube video shows an airplane struggling to land as extreme wind gusts pushed the plane. Precipitation and winds can be seen in the video, causing the plane to shake. Despite the wobbling, the airplane appears to make a successful Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Prices on everything from cars to food in Moscow are soaring as the ruble tumbles to new lows and Russia’s economy stumbles toward recession. Inflation, despite price controls in some sectors, is reaching double digits. Yet, Russian Read More
