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Four cruise lines have been sentenced by a US judge to pay a total of nearly $450 million for having used a Havana port nationalized by the Cuban government in 1960.    

Ankara is aiming to swiftly conclude the ongoing talks with the United States over its request to purchase 40 new F-16 fighter jets and 79 modernization kits for the existing fleets, the top Turkish diplomat has said.

Türkiye's contributions in resolving disputes through the Ukraine crisis have played role in convincing the U.S. senators, Turkish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee President Akif Çağatay Kılıç has said, after the two provisions of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill's U.S. Senate version that were set to restrict F-16 fighter jets' sale to Türkiye were dropped.

By Alexandra Fotaki

Defense Minister Hulusi Akar has described ongoing technical talks for Türkiye's request of purchasing 40 new F-16s from the United States as positive, following the fourth round of talks between the two countries' military experts.

The text also mentions that last Friday, a high-ranking representative of the Pentagon admitted at a press conference that the US has been supplying Ukraine with anti-radar missiles "HARM" for some time, without announcing it to the public.

FBI agents are searching former President Donald Trump's Florida home, Trump himself said in a statement.

According to the Republican billionaire, his Mar-A-Lago resort estate is "under siege, attacked and occupied by a large group" of federal agents.

It is unclear at this time what the reason for the search is, for which agents have served a warrant.

Over 46,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the United States Tennis Association, USTA, to work with the US government to allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to enter the US to compete in the US Open tournament.

The US Senate approved a resolution ratifying the protocols for the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO after the historic decision of these two countries to renounce their neutrality due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, "AFP" reported.

This is happening a day after the visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi, to Taipei, the world media reported, referring to the report of the state television CCTV.