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Russia cracks down on Turkey food imports after jet downed

Russia has increased checks on food and agriculture imports from Turkey, the agriculture ministry sa...

Nov 26, 2015 10:26 PM EST

With U.S.-Cuba detente, a battle over trademarks looms

When Julio Manzini decided two years ago to name his small restaurant McDonald's after the famous fa...

Nov 25, 2015 10:08 PM EST

Amid renewed U.S.-Cuba ties, U.N. condemns embargo for 24th year

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday condemned a U.S. trade embargo on Cuba for the 24th y...

Oct 27, 2015 10:43 PM EDT

U.S., Cuba set agenda on improving relations

Cuba and the United States on Friday set an agenda for improving relations, putting a priority on mo...

Sep 12, 2015 02:07 AM EDT

Kerry urges 'genuine democracy' at U.S. flag ceremony in Cuba

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared a new era in relations as he celebrated restored diploma...

Aug 14, 2015 05:27 PM EDT

Castro sees Cuba, U.S. breaking with past, coexisting in peace

Cuba is prepared to break with the contentious past and peacefully coexist with the United States, C...

Jul 15, 2015 05:35 PM EDT

Iran demands end to U.N. missile sanctions, West refuses

A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were am...

Jul 06, 2015 06:45 PM EDT

U.N. blacklists Libya's Ansar al-Sharia, involved in Benghazi attack

The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday blacklisted two branches of the Islamist extremist group Ansa...

Nov 20, 2014 02:25 AM EST

IGAD mediator says not keen on sanctions in South Sudan

The chief mediator between South Sudan's warring rivals said he was not eager to back penalties agai...

Nov 07, 2014 09:35 AM EST