Facebook Twitter Pinterest Giulio Regeni?s murder has come to be seen as symbolic of Egypt?s high number of forced disappearances. Who murdered Giulio Regeni? Facebook Twitter Pinterest A candlelight vigil For Giulio Regeni In Rome. A senior US government official who served under Barack Obama said the Regeni murder had ?severely damaged the relationship? between Egypt and Italy. | Alexander Stille Read moreIndependent efforts by the Regeni family to demand answers have been met with silence.

Ra?l Castro has said Cuba hopes to continue to normalize relations with the United States but made it clear that the Trump administration should not expect concessions affecting the country?s sovereignty. Seeking to reverse more than 50 years of US efforts to force communist-run Cuba to change by isolating it, Obama agreed with Castro in December 2014 to work to normalize relations. Obama, a Democrat, used executive orders to circumvent the longstanding US trade embargo on Cuba and ease some restrictions on travel and business. Travel to the Caribbean island from the United States has increased, with the start of direct flights and cruises and roaming agreements signed, but no manufacturing or significant trade deals have been inked. Since then the two countries have restored diplomatic ties and signed cooperation agreements.

Story highlights May and Trump to discuss trade, NATO, Russia and SyriaTrump recently described NATO as "obsolete"London (CNN) British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to visit US President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, making her the first foreign leader to meet with the newly inaugurated president. The British Embassy in Washington confirmed the visit to CNN, saying that the leaders would also discuss relations with Russia and the global fight against terrorism. Speaking in a televised interview with the BBC`s Andrew Marr, May said she would discuss the countries` future trade relations, the importance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Syrian conflict. "What I think is important is that when I sit down, I will talk about how I can build on this special relationship. He has already said to me that he wants to see a very strong relationship between the US and the UK in the future," May said.

Haitian businessman Jovenel Moise addresses the audience after being declared the official winner of the November 2016 presidential elections, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 3, 2017. "I`ve already engaged in talks with the textile sector, where we hope to create tens of thousands more jobs," Moise said. Moise hopes two measures, known by their acronyms HOPE and HELP, which provide duty-free preferences for certain light manufactured goods, will help power the economy. Haiti`s apparel industry accounts for most of its national export earnings and provides tens of thousands of jobs. President-elect Jovenel Moise, a successful banana exporter, was declared winner this month of a vote initially held in 2015 that had to be rerun more than a year later, due to allegations of voter fraud.