Cuban President Raul Castro has urged the United States to end its trade embargo after the two countries opened formal talks on restoring diplomatic relations.
President Ashraf Ghani said the C.I.A.'s interrogation program "violated all accepted norms of human rights in the world," and vowed to investigate how many Afghans suffered abuse at U.S. detention centers.
The streets of Ferguson, Missouri, were mostly quiet after two nights of racially charged unrest following a grand jury decision to clear a white policeman over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.
President Barack Obama imposed the most sweeping immigration reform in a generation, easing the threat of deportation for about 4.7 million undocumented immigrants and setting up a clash with Republicans.