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Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

US sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations

The U.S. government has announced sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations.

President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott listens during a roundtable discussion with first responders and local officials at Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas, during a tour to observe flood damage, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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A man hugs former Foreign Service employee Bob Gilchrist, of Washington, left, as he holds a sign reading "Thank You America's Diplomats" outside the State Department headquarters, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein).

State Department lays off over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, hands President Donald Trump a folder during a meeting in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

As Trump seeks to be a peacemaker, Netanyahu leaves Washington without breakthrough on Gaza deal

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing the White House, Friday, July 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Rubio meets China’s foreign minister in Malaysia as US-Chinese tensions mount

Rubio speaks to Lavrov ahead of meeting of East Asia foreign ministers in Malaysia

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, front second left, meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, second right, during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on Friday, July 11, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio and Wang stress cooperation after talks in Malaysia as US-China tensions simmer

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur on July 10, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

State Department tells staffers that layoff notices are coming soon

Costa Rican lawmaker says the US revoked her visa over alleged ties to Chinese Communist Party

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks during the 89th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, in Quezon City, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)

Trump to host Philippine president to discuss trade and security in Asia

U.N. Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

UN investigator and critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza tells AP she was shocked by US sanctions

People show their support for a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's policy of targeting students for deportation who took part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on Monday, July 7, 2025, at the federal courthouse in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Casey)

A recap of the trial over the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protesters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

As Netanyahu wraps Washington visit, progress on a Gaza ceasefire remains murky

Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil seeks $20 million in damages from Trump administration

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil poses for a portrait during an interview, July 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration

Rubio echoes Trump’s ‘disappointment and frustration’ with Russia over Ukraine peace talks

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 11, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

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President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The Latest: Trump says Canada’s role in US fentanyl crisis justifies 35% tariffs on Canadian goods

Sara Al-Nouri mourns over the body of her 13-year-old sister, Sama, who was among 10 people, including two women and five children, killed in an Israeli strike while they were waiting to receive nutritional supplements at a Project Hope-run medical clinic in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Europe unveils a deal for more food and fuel for Gaza. Israeli strike kills 14 outside a clinic

Rubio and Lavrov meet in Malaysia

South Africa's Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi, speaks during the UNAIDS report release at Bertha Gxowa Hospital in Germiston, South Africa, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

The UN warns millions will die by 2029 if US funding for HIV programs isn’t replaced

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, meets with Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, right, on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Rubio says US and Russia have exchanged new ideas for Ukraine peace talks

Oleksandra Umanets, 23, calms her 10-month-old son as they take cover on the platform of a metro station during a Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russia blasts Kyiv with another missile and drone barrage, killing at least 2

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, talks to the media during a press conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, July 11, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

US issues sanctions against UN investigator probing abuses in Gaza

Students cross the campus of Dartmouth College, March 5, 2024, in Hanover, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Republicans urge US universities to cut ties with China-backed scholarship program

President Donald Trump speaks at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Sept. 1, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

The Latest: Brazilian President Lula threatens to suspend economic deals over Trump’s 50% tariffs

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim delivers his keynote address during the opening ceremony of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysian PM warns Southeast Asia that trade war is not a ‘passing storm’

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks upon his arrival at Subang Air Base, outside of Kuala Lumpur Thursday, July 10, 2025. Rubio arrived in Malaysia to attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (Mandel Ngan/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump’s tariffs may overshadow Rubio’s first official trip to Asia

President Donald Trump, right, puts his hand on shoulder of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, as Attorney General Pam Bondi, left, looks on during a cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump on past presidents: Ike was ‘underrated,’ FDR ‘amazing,’ Polk ‘sort of a real-estate guy’

AP Explains fake AI-driven messages impersonating Secretary of State Marco Rubio

Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a signing ceremony for a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the State Department, June 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Impostor uses AI to impersonate Rubio and contact foreign and US officials

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Blue Room of the White House, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Supreme Court will allow Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce to go ahead

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, gives him a copy of nominating letter

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro raises a fist before signing a labor reform bill into law in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia’s president backtracks on accusations against US officials in letter to Trump

Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, listens during a press conference in Paris, May 7, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP, File)

Trump administration revokes terrorism designation of new Syrian leader’s group

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

The Latest: Trump meets with Netanyahu for private dinner at the White House