Tropical Depression 18 officially strengthened into Tropical Storm Rafael on Monday afternoon.

A hurricane watch for the Cayman Islands and a tropical storm warning for Jamaica have been issued as a weather system in the Caribbean is expected to strengthen.

Potential Tropical Cyclone 18 has formed in the south-central Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical Storm Oscar has disintegrated as it heads toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least seven people.

A few things to know after millions of people in Cuba were left without electricity for two days when the nation's electrical grid collapsed.

Cuba’s government says some electricity has been restored on the island after one of the country’s major power plants failed and left millions without electricity for two days.

Cuba’s electrical grid went down after one of the island’s major power plants failed, leaving millions without power.

Although there are no official figures or estimates of how many pets have been left behind by their owners who leave Cuba, the number of abandoned cats and dogs has spiked in the last two years as Cubans migrate in record numbers, animal activists say.

Hurricane Helene is set to become the fifth major hurricane in six years

Florida residents are already evacuating and filling sandbags days ahead of anticipated flooding from Tropical Storm Helene.

The discovery of two locally contracted cases of dengue virus and two cases of "sloth fever" believed to be contracted in Cuba has led to targeted mosquito control efforts across Central Florida.

Over the past week, nearly a dozen cases have emerged in the state. Among these, some have been reported in Central Florida.

A tropical wave over parts of Cuba and The Bahamas is expected to bring more tropical moisture to parts of Florida this weekend.

Nicaragua’s government has closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce.

Fulgencio Batista, the former Cuban president and dictator, was a regular vacationer and resident of Daytona Beach in the 1940s and 50s.

TD 4 is expected to become Tropical Storm Debby on Saturday.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has overridden a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.

South Korea’s spy agency says a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea.

A fleet of Russian warships have reached Cuban waters ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean.

An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U_S_ diplomats who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome.”.

The National Hurricane Center will add inland predictions to its forecast of the location and ferocity of tropical storms.

Mexican immigration officials are moving to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river, as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border.

A tropical storm could develop later Friday in the Caribbean, according to the National Hurricane Center.

At 1000 PM EST (0300 UTC), the disturbance was centered near latitude 20.0 North, longitude 76.5 West. The system is moving toward the northeast near 22 mph (35 km/h), and a faster northeastward...

After a quiet stretch in the tropics, the tropics are bubbling late in the season.

A decade after swimming nonstop for more than two straight days from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad has returned to the Key West beach where she completed her epic journey.

Russia has been defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the United Nations premiere human rights body by a significant majority in an election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.

In a story published September 20, 2023, about a hearing regarding a 9/11 defendant held at Guantanamo Bay, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the hearing took place on Wednesday, It was Tuesday.

A guest on the world’s largest cruise ship went overboard on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for Royal Caribbean.

Area of low pressure known as Invest 93L has now become Tropical Depression 10, located near the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula.

At the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the aging men known by their serial numbers arrived at the meeting shackled.

An Associated Press reporter whose coverage of the State Department and international relations spanned more than four decades has died.

China has been operating a spy base in Cuba since at least 2019, as part of a global effort by Beijing to upgrade its intelligence capabilities.

Arlene struggled to maintain organization as it fought dry air and wind shear Saturday morning, weakening from the 2023 hurricane season’s first named tropical storm to become a tropical depression.

Arlene expected to weaken as it moves into Florida Straights

The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria citing that his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday.

Russia and Venezuela have reviewed some of their hundreds of bilateral agreements covering the financial, energy, agricultural and several other sectors during discussions between their top diplomats.

Trea Turner homered twice to give him a tournament-leading four, and the defending champion United States romped over Cuba 14-2 to reach its second straight World Baseball Classic final.

A sharp drop in illegal border crossings that started in January after the Biden administration announced stricter immigration measures continued in February.

A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country.

The 20-team World Baseball Classic got underway after a six-year absence with Panama defeating Taiwan 12-5 for its first win in tournament history and the Netherlands beating Cuba 4-2 in the opening Group A game as Didi Gregorius drove in the tying run and scored the go-ahead run.

A flight to Florida from Cuba was forced to turn back Sunday after it struck birds that caused an engine to catch fire and filled the cabin with smoke.

In the last 18 months, an estimated 250,000 migrants and asylum-seekers, mostly from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti, have arrived in the Miami area, often only on temporary legal status that doesn't allow them to work.

Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed and returned home.

U.S. officials at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have returned two Pakistani brothers to their home country.

An underground market has emerged for migrants seeking U.S. sponsors since the Biden administration announced last month that it would accept a limited number of people from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti.

The Biden administration says U.S. authorities have seen a 97% decline in illegal border crossings by migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela since Mexico began accepting those expelled under a public health order.

The migration has families in anguish in both Cuba and South Florida.

90 Cuban migrants arrive in 24-hour span

Cuban migrants are still arriving by boat in the Florida Keys even as the Biden administration promises a crackdown.

A U.S. national park comprising a cluster of islands in the Florida Keys has been closed after 300 migrants made 10 landings there over the weekend.

The U.S. government says it will appeal a court ruling that would lift asylum restrictions that have become the cornerstone of border enforcement.

Ever-widening access to the internet is offering a new opportunity for Cubans looking for hard-to-obtain basic goods: online shopping.

A federal judge has granted the Biden administration a five-week delay to end far-reaching asylum restrictions, writing in upper-case letters that he was doing so “WITH GREAT RELUCTANCE.”.

A federal judge has ordered the Biden administration to lift Trump-era asylum restrictions that have been a cornerstone of border enforcement since the beginning of COVID-19.

Tropical Depression Lisa has moved into southern Mexico a day after making landfall as a hurricane in the Central American nation of Belize and heading inland over northern Guatemala.

Hurricane Lisa has made landfall on the Caribbean coast of Belize.

The widespread power outage in Cuba caused by Hurricane Ian prompted several hundred people to protest in Havana.

There are many ways to categorize a hurricane. The storm’s central pressure is one way. The height of its storm surge is another. How much rain it drops is another. And, of course, the strength of its wind is another. But what causes a hurricane to strengthen or weaken? The answer is simple enough, but multifaceted.

Hurricane Ian rapidly intensifies off Florida's coast with maximum winds of 155 mph, just shy of a Category 5 hurricane.

As Hurricane Ian continues to make its way toward Central Florida, the storm’s impact is being felt all across the state.

As Hurricane Ian continues across Florida, video shows heavy wind and rain coming down on the Florida Keys.

A 2009 planning exercise dubbed Project Phoenix eerily anticipated the potential damage the Tampa Bay area is facing from Hurricane Ian.

Hurricane Ian is a spectacular sight.

A strengthening Hurricane Ian's rain and winds lashed Cuba's western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people.

Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane, knocking out power to the entire country and leaving 11 million people without electricity.

Forecasters say Tropical Storm Ian has strengthened into a hurricane as it moves closer to Cuba on a track expected to take it to Florida in the coming days.

Hurricane Ian is nearing Cuba on a track to strike Florida as a Category 4 as early as Wednesday.

Cuba is holding a rare referendum on an unusually contentious law — a government-backed code that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt.

The Biden administration says the U.S. Embassy in Cuba will begin processing full immigrant visas in early 2023.

U.S. authorities say the number of Venezuelans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August.

More migrant landings occurred overnight, into Friday morning in the Florida Keys, authorities confirmed.

California prosecutors say a man with a criminal history has been charged with assaulting a former Olympic volleyball player last week in downtown Los Angeles.

A former Olympic volleyball player says she was attacked in downtown Los Angeles when a man threw a metal object at her face in an assault that fractured multiple bones in her face and left one of her eyes swollen shut.

Invasive giant African land snails that can eat building plaster and stucco, consume hundreds of varieties of plants and carry diseases that affect humans have been detected once again in Florida, where officials say work has begun to eradicate the pests.

There were some cheers for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before USA Basketball’s game in Cuba on Independence Day.

President Joe Biden plans to meet on July 12 at the White House with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The State Department is preparing to compensate victims of mysterious brain injuries colloquially known as “Havana Syndrome" with six-figure payments, according to officials and congressional aides.

A new exhibition at the Museum of Art in DeLand is shedding light on cultural heritage, the environment and social justice.

U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, apparently unaffected by expectations that pandemic-era limits on asylum may be lifted.

An Iraqi man who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for more than 15 years has pleaded guilty to war crimes charges for his role in al-Qaida attacks against U.S. and allied forces along with civilians in Afghanistan.

When leaders gather this week in Los Angeles at the Summit of the Americas, the focus is likely to veer from policy issues like migration, climate change and inflation and instead shift to something Hollywood thrives on: the drama of the red carpet.

The first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season is headed toward Bermuda after killing three people in Cuba and flooding roads in Florida.

Crew members on the Carnival Mardi Gras cruise ship spotted a small vessel in distress near Cuba Friday morning and took aboard the stranded people who were inside it, according to a news release.

Much of the Florida peninsula, along with parts of Cuba and the Bahamas, are under a tropical storm warning as a system that battered Mexico moves through the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least two in Cuba and bringing threats of heavy rain and wind for the weekend.

The Biden administration has renewed a license partially exempting Chevron from sanctions on Venezuela so it can keep operating in the oil-rich, socialist-run nation.

A single vessel carrying 842 Haitians who apparently were trying to reach the United States has landed instead in central Cuba.

In one of the busiest corridors for illegal border crossings, Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans are often released to pursue asylum in the United States.

The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island.

The explosion that devastated Havana's Hotel Saratoga and killed 45 people also badly damaged Cuba's most important Baptist church, which is next door.

A powerful explosion apparently caused by a natural gas leak has blown away outer walls from a five-star hotel in the heart of Cuba’s capital, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba by lashing out at the U.S. government.

Marytza Sanz, president of Latino Leadership, a nonprofit organization, recently found out about the conditions immigrants from Haiti, Colombia, Cuba, Venezuela and Honduras, among others, are facing outside an Orlando Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.

More immigrants from Cuba are coming to the U.S. by making their way to Mexico and crossing the border illegally.

Emergency preparedness officials are warning Floridians not to get complacent during the upcoming hurricane season, particularly in coastal areas that haven’t experienced strong storms recently.

The Defense Department says an Algerian man imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay detention center for nearly 20 years has been released and sent back to his homeland.

Pope Francis is denouncing the “perverse abuse of power” on display in Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Prosecutors have initiated discussions on a potential plea agreement to resolve the long-stalled case of five men held at the Guantanamo Bay detention center, charged with planning and providing assistance for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

A Saudi prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center who was suspected of trying to join the 9/11 hijackers has been sent back to his home country for treatment for mental illness.

A panel of intelligence experts hasn’t identified a single culprit for apparent brain injuries reported by U.S. personnel that have been linked to so-called “Havana syndrome.