Caribbean

Four others aboard were killed on Wednesday when Cuban forces returned fire on the Florida-registered speedboat off the northern coast of Cuba, Cuba's Interior Ministry said.

President Donald Trump's administration has touted its success at taking out suspected drug trafficking vessels in the area.

This comes after reports that the USS George H.W. Bush would deploy to the region.

The US State Department restricts visas for three Haitian officials accused of empowering terrorist gangs, destabilizing the country.

The Nakash family’s luxury hotel brand opens its first Caribbean resort with hundreds of rooms, five restaurants, a luxury spa, and an adjoining nature reserve – a dream vacation worldwide.

Major US airlines canceled hundreds of flights after the FAA closed airspace in the Caribbean, citing safety risks linked to US military activity in Venezuela.

"Honduras has a long history of friendship with the State of Israel and the Jewish people. We agreed to work to strengthen bilateral relations for the benefit of both countries," Sa'ar said.

"I fully support that strike," Hegseth said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California. "I would have made the same call myself."

The second strike, ordered by Admiral Frank Bradley, led some lawmakers to suggest that the US may have violated the law of war.

“The idea that wreckage from one small boat in a vast ocean is a hazard to marine traffic is patently absurd, and killing survivors is blatantly illegal,” one source knowledgeable of the matter said.