A U.S. Senate panel approved a measure Tuesday that would give Congress input on the fate of any final international deal to curb Iran's nuclear program.

In a display of bipartisan cooperation on what has been a divisive issue, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 19-0 in favor of allowing lawmakers to review and potentially reject the final accord.

The United States Tuesday called for a "full, frank" acknowledgement of the facts surrounding the mass killing of Armenians in World War I, but shied away from calling it "a genocide."

Turkey has drawn a defiant red line in refusing to recognize the mass killings of Armenians in World War I as "genocide" on the 100th anniversary year of the tragedy.

The United States placed two top figures in Yemen's Huthi rebellion on its sanctions blacklist Tuesday, following suit after the United Nations approved global sanctions on the two.

The U.S. Treasury Department named Huthi leader Abdul Malik al-Huthi, and leading backer Ahmed Ali Saleh, son of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, to its blacklist, freezing any assets they might have on U.S. property and forbidding Americans from dealings with them.

U.S. President Barack Obama has agreed to take Cuba off a list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House said Tuesday, a key step toward normalizing ties.

Obama submitted a report to Congress indicating his "intent to rescind" Cuba's inclusion on the list, which had been a major barrier to establishing embassies in Washington and Havana.

The United States on Tuesday called on Iran to abide by the terms of a new U.N. embargo imposed on Shiite rebels in Yemen.

"Obviously Iran plays a role here given their support for the Huthi," State Department acting spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters.

President Barack Obama hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House on Tuesday and hailed the U.S.-backed Iraqi forces' progress against the Islamic State group.

Obama said the allies were "making serious progress" in pushing back the jihadists, taking back a quarter of the territory lost last year. 

As a child, Marco Rubio assured his exiled Cuban grandfather that he would overthrow Fidel Castro and lead Cuba. Today, at 43, he harbors a new aspiration: to be president of the United States.

The Republican senator from Florida, told voters Monday that he was in the race to start a "new American century," ending two years of speculation about whether he will pursue a 2016 campaign for the White House.

Two Colombians were handed long prison sentences Monday for the 2013 kidnapping and murder of U.S. agent James "Terry" Watson in Bogota, authorities said.

Edgar Javier Bello was sentenced to 36 years plus six months in prison, while Omar Fabian Valdez was sentenced to 29 years, a Justice Department statement said.

President Barack Obama will visit South Dakota early next month, a trip that will mean he has visited all 50 U.S. states as commander-in-chief.

The White House announced on Monday that Obama would deliver a commencement address at the Lake Area Technical Institute on May 8. 

Cubans can still barely believe what they saw: A president named Castro sat down for talks with a "yankee" U.S. leader. But the islanders know the diplomatic thaw will take time.

The ice-breaking meeting between Cuban leader Raul Castro and U.S. President Barack Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Panama on Saturday was broadcast live on state-run television in the communist-ruled country.