Oil prices jumped over 3% on Tuesday as uncertainty lingered over a U.S.-led coalition to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies" and "also with Cubans residing in the United States and their descendants," Deputy Prime Minister Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga said in an interview in Havana.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has designated a Jewish Iranian-American imprisoned for nearly a year in Iran as wrongfully detained, according to his family.

On Monday Cuba was plunged into an island-wide blackout affecting 11 million people after a "complete disconnection" of its electrical system, officials said, amid a worsening fuel shortage.

The European Union is weighing options to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open for global shipping. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas raised the issue on Monday ahead of meeting of the bloc's

Hamas reportedly reasserts control in Gaza as Iran war shifts international focus, according to analysts raising serious doubts about postwar planning.

Two Iranian women soccer players have been seen training with the Brisbane Roar after Australia granted them asylum, and they stayed behind as teammates headed home

President Trump’s words came as a top Cuban official said his country would announce on Monday a move to open the economy to foreign investors, including Cuban exiles.