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Cuban capital announces blackouts, cancels carnival as crisis deepens

HAVANA: The Cuban capital of Havana will begin electricity blackouts in August, has canceled carnival and is taking other measures as the country’s energy...

Boeing 737 crashes in Cuba with 104 people on board

HAVANA: A Cuban state airways plane with 104 passengers on board crashed shortly after taking off Friday from Havana's Jose Marti airport, leaving a...

Closure of US embassy in Cuba ‘under review’: Tillerson

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that Washington is considering the possibility of closing its embassy in Havana in the...

‘Sonic attacks’ in Cuba hit several Canadian diplomats, families: media

OTTAWA: Mysterious "sonic attacks" in Cuba in recent months targeted at least five Canadian diplomats and their families, public broadcaster CBC reported on Friday. The...

Raul Castro warns of “a setback” in US-Cuba relations

HAVANA: Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday said that Donald Trump's hardline stance towards the country marks "a setback" in relations with the United...

Cubans hold mass rally for late leader Fidel Castro

HAVANA: Hundreds of thousands of Cubans packed Havana's Revolution Square on Tuesday for a massive rally in honor of late leader Fidel Castro. The crowd...

US airlines resume direct flights to Havana

HAVANA: US airlines resumed direct flights to Havana on Monday, a sign of the changing times just as the Cuban capital held a tearful...

Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro dies in Havana at 90

HAVANA: Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied...

Madonna celebrates 58th birthday in Cuba

HAVANA: Madonna celebrated her 58th birthday Tuesday in Havana, dancing to Cuban beats during a night on the town and drawing crowds as she toured the city.

Fidel Castro celebrates 90th birthday, lambasts U.S.

HAVANA: Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their tributes to mark his 90th birthday on Saturday in a meandering column carried by state-run media in which the iconic leftist revolutionary also lambasted old foe United States.

Fidel Castro: 90 years of the man and the myth 

HAVANA: After surviving more than 600 assassination attempts, defying 10 US presidents and shaping half a century of history, Fidel Castro turns 90 on Saturday.

Rolling Stones tell giant crowd ‘times are changing’ at Cuba debut

The Rolling Stones rocked a massive crowd at a free, outdoor concert in Havana on Friday, capping a week of engagement with the West for the Communist-led country that once censored the veteran British band's music.

Kerry calls for genuine democracy in Cuba

HAVANA, CUBA: Secretary of State John Kerry called Friday for "genuine democracy" in Cuba as the American flag was raised over a US embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years.

Fidel Castro finally meets the Cuban Five, spies turned heroes

HAVANA: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro, 88, finally met with all five of the Cuban spies who returned home as heroes after serving long prison terms in the United States, 73 days after the last of them were freed in a prisoner swap.

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