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CIA Director John Ratcliffe traveled to Havana, Cuba, on Thursday for a rare meeting with senior Cuban officials, an agency official told CBS News, using the visit to deliver a message that the U.S. was prepared to expand economic and security engagement with Cuba if Havana “makes fundamental changes.”The meeting came as Cuba is contending with a massive power failure to its national energy grid amid U.S. sanctions that have caused an oil and gas shortage crisis to the island nation.Ratcliffe met with Raúl Rodriguez Castro — the grandson of former Cuban President Raúl Castro.Multiple U.S. officials later confirmed to CBS News Thursday that…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The FBI announced on Thursday that it is offering $200,000 for information that leads to the arrest and prosecution of a former active-duty U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist and special agent for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations who is accused of espionage.Monica Witt, 47, also known to use the aliases Fatemah Zarah and Narges Witt, was federally indicted in Washington, D.C. in 2018 and charged with espionage. She is accused of defecting to Iran and turning over classified information to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).Here’s what we know about…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! ESPN college basketball broadcaster Jay Bilas said that the NCAA’s decision to expand the men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments to 76 teams was unnecessary.Bilas, 62, said that while he is indifferent to the NCAA’s decision to expand, no one was clamoring for it.”I don’t want to say I don’t care, but I’m not bothered by it. It’s not a decision I would have chosen for the NCAA because — I’m not one of those ‘if it’s not broke, don’t fix it’ guys, because nobody ever says, ‘if it’s not broke, don’t…

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Russian authorities say three people killed in the Moscow region and one in Belgorod in Ukrainian attacks.Published On 17 May 202617 May 2026At least four people have been killed after Ukraine launched large-scale drone attacks on several Russian regions, including Moscow, in what officials described as the biggest drone assault in more than a year.Russian authorities said on Sunday three people were killed in the Moscow region and another person died in Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listMoscow region’s Governor Andrei Vorobyov said a woman was killed after a drone struck a house in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Alex Saab, a 54-year-old Colombian businessman and close ally of captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was reportedly deported after his February arrest in a joint U.S.-Venezuelan operation.The development comes less than three years after former President Joe Biden pardoned and released Saab in a controversial 2023 prisoner swap.The high-profile arrest highlights a new level of cooperation between U.S. authorities and Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez.MADURO ALLY ALEX SAAB ARRESTED IN JOINT US-VENEZUELAN OPERATION, OFFICIAL SAYS Venezuela’s then-President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters next to Colombian-born businessman Alex Saab during a rally…

Premier League side Chelsea have appointed former Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen mentor Xabi Alonso as their new coach.

FLAGS BANNEDNaegohyang Women’s FC, based in Pyongyang, will face Suwon FC Women in the semi-finals of the Women’s Asian Champions League on Wednesday.Founded in 2012, the club won North Korea’s top-flight title in the 2021-22 season and defeated Suwon 3-0 during the tournament’s group stage last year.The North Korean entourage arrived via Beijing on an Air China commercial flight and will stay at a hotel in Suwon, south of Seoul.Local reports said the North and South Korean teams would stay at the same hotel but use separate dining areas and travel routes, limiting direct interaction.Interest in the match has been…

At Paris Modest Fashion Week last month, influencers, buyers and journalists crowded into the historic halls of Hotel La Marois as models prepared to emerge onto the runway in embellished satin tailoring, corseted silhouettes and full-coverage eveningwear.One model stomped through the hotel’s gilded salons dressed in a denim maxi dress with cargo pockets, paired with a matching cropped jacket, Far more unexpected than denim on the catwalk, however, was the black crochet balaclava, adorned with dramatic, oversized crystals, that covered her head and most of her face. It was French label Soutoura’s streetwear take on the niqab — a symbol…

Washington — President Trump has continued to dangle the possibility of military action against Cuba, appearing to be emboldened by his administration’s intervention in Venezuela and Iran. He suggested earlier this month that “on the way back from Iran,” an aircraft carrier could “come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they’ll say, ‘thank you very much, we give up.'”After the U.S. military captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January, Mr. Trump warned that he had his sights set on Cuba. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing alongside Mr. Trump at a news conference about the raid on Jan. 3, said…