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On Monday, after 54 years, the Cuban Embassy in Washington reopened as guests smoked Cuban cigars and exiles protested.

More than half a century of hostility will fade into history Monday as Cuba and the U.S. jointly reopen embassies in Havana and Washington.

More than half a century of hostility will fade into history Monday as Cuba and the U.S. jointly reopen embassies in Havana and Washington.

Brazil’s world-famous, three-time FIFA World Cup winner has been hospitalized three times since November.

The deal with Iran could easily be reversed by the next president when Obama leaves office, causing any hope for a lasting impact to crumble.

"There are sanctions that were imposed by Congress. I think the administration will have a hard time getting those removed," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

Sunday's agreement puts both sides back on track to finalizing a historic peace deal to end a decadeslong civil war.

The Florida senator said he would "absolutely" undo the historic resumption of relations, a week after the White House announced it would soon reopen its embassy in Havana.

The Commonwealth of the Bahamas turns 42 today.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hailed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for standing up to the International Monetary Fund.

The quiet diplomacy is a sign that US détente with Cuba may be helping to reshape another troubled relationship, according to a report.

“Does this mean you have to go to Cuba and arrest Castro or just shovel more $ into Little Havana?”

The news came about six months after Obama's initial decision to normalize relations with Cuba, with which the U.S. severed ties in January 1961.

President Obama is expected to announce the next step in thawed relations between Cuba and the United States.

A detailed schedule of the Roman Catholic leader’s activities released Tuesday underscores the diplomatic objectives of the landmark visit in September.

The U.S.-Brazil relationship turned frosty after NSA spying allegations broke in 2013, but now both sides are eager to move past the scandal, especially as Brazil's economy struggles.

About 5 percent of the population has Internet access in Cuba, but Twitter says it can still function as a text-messaged based service.

The detainees' transfer is the latest step by the Obama Administration in its push to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba.

The Obama administration is expected to announce an agreement with Cuba in early July to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic relations severed more than five decades ago, U.S. sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

A collection of about 2,000 posters from the World War I era, considered to be one of the world's finest and amassed over more than a decade by a U.S. Army officer, will be sold at auction later this month, Guernsey's auction house said Tuesday.

The government and the leftist guerrilla group agreed to examine atrocities in the long-running conflict.