Tag: Cuba
CM Buzdar for promotion of ties with UAE, Cuba
LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar Wednesday discussed various issues of bilateral interests and called for promoting bilateral cooperation in different sectors while speaking...
Russia the main suspect in US diplomats’ illness in Cuba: NBC
WASHINGTON: Russia is the main suspect in US agencies' investigation of mysterious illnesses in American personnel in Cuba and China, NBC News reported on...
Cuba mourns after 107 killed in airliner crash
HAVANA: Cuba begins two days of national mourning Saturday for victims of the crash of a state airways plane that killed all but three...
Boeing 737 crashes in Cuba with 104 people on board
HAVANA: A Boeing 737 plane crashed on Friday shortly after taking off from Havana's main airport, Cuban state-run media reported, adding that it was...
Canada pulls families of diplomats in Cuba amid unusual illnesses
OTTAWA: Ottawa will remove families of diplomats posted at its embassy in Cuba as the cause of unusual health symptoms is still unknown, though...
Raul Castro set to step aside as Cuban president
HAVANA: Most of Camilo Condis’ family emigrated from Communist-run Cuba to the United States seeking a better life, but the 32-year-old decided to stay...
‘Elusive’ brain injuries seen in study of US diplomats in Cuba
A study of 21 American diplomats who claimed they were victims of mysterious sonic attacks in Cuba shows they sustained brain injuries without any...
Cuba tourism slides in wake of Hurricane Irma, Trump restrictions
HAVANA: Tourism to Cuba, one of the few bright spots in its ailing economy, has slid in the wake of Hurricane Irma and the...
Cuba, North Korea reject ‘unilateral, arbitrary demands’ of US
HAVANA: Cuba’s foreign minister and his North Korean counterpart rejected the United States’ “unilateral and arbitrary” demands on Wednesday while expressing concern about escalating tensions...
US ‘deliberately lying’ about alleged attacks in Cuba: foreign minister
WASHINGTON: Cuba’s foreign minister on Thursday accused anyone claiming attacks took place against US diplomats in Havana of “deliberately lying,” echoing comments he made last...
US to expel nearly two-thirds of Cuban embassy staff: US sources
WASHINGTON: The Trump administration will order nearly two-thirds of Cuba’s diplomatic personnel to leave the United States after months of mysterious “attacks” that have...
Cubans heartbroken at US decision of suspending regular visa operations
HAVANA: Cubans said they were both heartbroken and enraged by the United States’ decision on Friday to stop processing visas at its embassy in...
Cuba says found no proof of attacks on US diplomats
UNITED NATIONS: Cuba has found no evidence to support US claims that several American diplomats in Havana were harmed in outside attacks on their...
Hurricane Irma: PM expresses solidarity with Cuba
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has sent a message to Cuban President Raul Castro, expressing solidarity with the government and people of Cuba in...
Rabbani advocates promotion of parliamentary cooperation with Cuba
ISLAMABAD: Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani Tuesday called for promotion of parliamentary cooperation, exchange of delegations and information between the Senate of Pakistan and Cuban National...
Cubans hold mass rally for late leader Fidel Castro
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans packed Havana’s Revolution Square on Tuesday for a massive rally in honour of late leader Fidel Castro.
The crowd chanted...
Facts about Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied US...
