Cuba

Decades-long Guantanamo Bay torture won’t let me eat, sleep: Rabbani

KARACHI: Ex Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Rabbani said his confidence in the US, as the… Read More

Cuba puts state-owned car owners on commuter aid duty

HAVANA: Cuba has warned drivers of state-owned cars to pick up people at bus stops… Read More

Cuba spy Ana Belen Montes released after 20 years behind bars

Ana Belen Montes, one of the highest-ranking U.S. officials ever proven to have spied for… Read More

Cuba entirely without power after Hurricane Ian

Cuba's electrical grid collapsed late on Tuesday, local officials said, leaving the entire country in… Read More

Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health Ministry… Read More

No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport

There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles… Read More

Russia donates wheat to ally Cuba as grains prices soar globally

HAVANA: Russia on Thursday donated nearly 20,000 tonnes of wheat to political ally Cuba, a… Read More

Cuba to welcome tourists as home-grown vaccine drive takes hold

Cuba will open its borders and ease entry requirements next month after vaccinating most of… Read More

In world first, Cuba starts Covid-19 jabs for toddlers

Cuba on Monday became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the… Read More

Cuba prepares to vaccinate its children, entire population

Cuba will begin vaccinating adolescents against COVID-19 this week and younger children from mid-September as… Read More

Cuba approves two more locally made Covid vaccines

Cuba on Friday approved two more domestic Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use, the island nation's… Read More

Cuba gives emergency approval to Abdala COVID-19 vaccine

HAVANA: Cuba’s drug regulator announced on Friday it had granted emergency approval of the Abdala… Read More

Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms he’s retiring

Castro, 89, said the new leadership would be party loyalists with decades of experience working… Read More

Cuba opens door to most small business initiatives

Reform-minded Cuban economists have long called for the role of small business to be expanded… Read More

Military helicopter crash kills five crew members

The statement said the cause of the crash was under investigation. Read More

Two-year-old among fifteen found squeezed into truck bound for US

Police have rescued 15 people dangerously jammed into a truck to try to sneak into… Read More

Cuba uses ‘wonder drug’ to fight COVID-19 around world

The drug, called Interferon Alpha-2B Recombinant (IFNrec), is jointly developed by scientists from Cuba and… Read More

Pakistan, Cuba soften visa regime for diplomats, govt officials

The agreement was signed at the Foreign Ministry where Interior Secretary Azam Suleman Khan and… Read More

Twitter blocks accounts of Castro and Cuban media

Twitter has blocked the accounts of Cuban Communist Party Leader Raul Castro, his daughter Mariela… Read More

Cuban artist sketches fish and coral reefs underwater

He found his inspiration six years ago in Cuba. Read More