Cuban revolutionaries taking over the Havana Docks Corporation facilities in 1960.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague. U.S. sanctions come at a time when the court is investigating claims of atrocities in Afghanistan, Libya, Myanmar, Sudan, Ukraine and Venezuela, as well as Gaza.

A photograph released by Iranian state media showing shops in Tehran on Dec. 30 that were closed after protests.

A truck hauling material out of a mining valley for heavy rare earth metals on the outskirts of Longnan, China, in April.

A U.S. military helicopter flying over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea. American officials have suggested that they intend to seize another ship, Bella 1, which they are currently tracking.

Tehran on Wednesday as businesses, universities and most government offices were told to close.

An oil tanker anchored near the Cardón Refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2021.

The city is dominated by gray Soviet-era apartment blocks.

An analysis of internet and social media posts from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Russian border regions showed weariness with the war, but also skepticism toward potential cease-fire agreements.

Exchange rates in Moscow.

Supporters of President Nicolás Maduro during a get-out-the-vote event this month in the capital, Caracas.