Tag: Cuba

Mushahid calls for lifting of blockade against Cuba, supports strengthening of...

Says Pakistan cannot forget Cuban aid worth $20 million to Pakistan during the 2005 earthquake Convener of the Pakistan-Cuba Parliamentary Friendship Group Senator Mushahid Hussain...

Iran seeks closer ties with Cuba

Iran wants to forge a “new path” in its relations with Cuba by tightening ties, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday at the...

Cuba volleyball players held in rape probe in Finland

  Police in Finland investigating an alleged rape are holding six members of the Cuban national volleyball team. They are suspected of raping a woman in...

Cuba invites Canadian PM Trudeau

Cuba has invited Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit the communist-run island, Havana’s ambassador to Ottawa said Wednesday. “He is welcome to Cuba any time...

Fidel Castro slams Obama following historic visit

Retired leader Fidel Castro accused U.S. President Barack Obama of sweet-talking the Cuban people during his visit to the island last week and ignoring...

Soft shoe diplomacy: Obama dances the tango at Argentine state dinner

President Barack Obama has made headlines for unexpectedly crooning a song or two in public since coming to the White House. Now he can...

Obama meets Castro in the heart of revolutionary Havana

US President Barack Obama was received by Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana on Monday at the start of historic talks where the US...

Cuba reports first case of Zika

Cuba has detected the first case of Zika in a Venezuelan doctor who came to the island for postgraduate studies, the health ministry said...

Obama announces historic visit to Cuba next month

US President Barack Obama on Thursday said he will visit Cuba on March 21 and 22 and meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, in...

Regular flights to resume between US and Cuba

The United States announced Thursday the resumption of regular flights to and from Cuba, the latest step in a historic thaw in relations. “On December...

UN overwhelmingly calls for end to US embargo on Cuba

The UN General Assembly called Tuesday for an end to the US embargo on Cuba in a resolution adopted by a near-unanimous vote, three...

US removes Cuba from terror blacklist

The United States on Friday removed Cuba from its state sponsor of terrorism blacklist in a landmark move aimed at paving the way towards...

US allows first ferry services to Cuba in over 50 years

The United States (US) authorised commercial ferry services to Cuba for the first time in more than a half-century on Tuesday, another major step...

Obama removes Cuba from US terror sponsors list

Demonized and victimized for more than half a century as a consequence of Cold War dynamics, Cuba has finally been removed from Washington's list...

Cuba says US must respect its communist system

Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday demanded that the United States respect Cuba's communist rule as the two countries work toward normalizing diplomatic ties. US...

Historic photos of dead Che Guevara resurface in Spain

MADRID- Lost for half a century, historic photographs of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara shortly after his execution taken by an AFP photographer have come...

Pakistan cherishes good relations with Cuba, says NA speaker

National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that Pakistan greatly values its cordial relations with Cuba and the decades old warm relations between...