WASHINGTON—The United States Treasury says new rules relaxing trade and travel restrictions to Cuba will be implemented beginning Friday. The move is a step toward the Obama administration’s goal, announced last month, of normalizing ties with the communist nation. In a statement Thursday, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said the United States is now “one step […]
SEOUL—Relations between Washington and Pyongyang have grown more contentious in the wake of the alleged North Korea cyberattack on the Sony Pictures movie studio. The U.S. was quick to reject a North Korean proposal to reduce regional tensions and is instead focused on pressuring and isolating the regime. North Korea is already under U.N. sanctions […]
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has announced efforts to normalize relations with Cuba after an embargo of more than 50 years. But some opponents say Obama is overreaching his authority and that Congress can overrule him. Several legislative obstacles may stand in the way of normal relations with Cuba. Hope fills the streets of Cuba’s capital as […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — Coast Guard search and rescue crews were relieved by Republic of Korea assets on Saturday in their search for 26 crewmembers from the fishing vessel 501 Oryong that capsized Nov. 30, 2014, near Chukotka, Russia, in the Bering Sea. The Coast Guard completed more than 24 searches covering more than 4,576 square […]