US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raul Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdownUS prosecutors have charged former Cuban President Raul Castro. The charges relate to the 1996 downing of civilian planes. Four Americans d...
21 May, 2026, 09.36 AM IST
How China is helping Cuba survive crippling blackouts as years of US sanctions leave the country with ‘absolutely no fuel’Cuba faces a severe energy crisis with widespread blackouts. China is significantly boosting Cuba's solar power infrastructure. Imports of ...
14 May, 2026, 11.30 AM IST
Trump's immigration enforcement record by the numbersImmigration enforcement in the US has intensified under Donald Trump, with higher arrests, detentions and deportations, according to agency...
22 Apr, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Lights out, pressure up: Donald Trump, Marco Rubio demand new Cuba leadershipAmerica's President Donald Trump has promised swift action against Cuba's government. This comes as US sanctions, including halting oil exp...
18 Mar, 2026, 07.53 AM IST
Trump vows to 'take' Cuba as island reels from oil embargoUS President Donald Trump vowed Monday to "take" Cuba as the communist island plunged into darkness under a total power blackout linked to ...
17 Mar, 2026, 07.30 AM IST
A stolen boat, a deadly gunfight and a supposed plot against CubaTen Cubans, armed with weapons and explosives, arrived in Cuban waters aboard a stolen speedboat, intending to infiltrate for terrorist pur...
27 Feb, 2026, 06.22 AM IST
Cuba defiant after Trump says island to receive no more Venezuelan oil or moneyUnited States President Donald Trump has threatened to halt all Venezuelan oil and money flowing to Cuba. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel...
12 Jan, 2026, 06.07 AM IST
Cuba faces uncertain future after US topples Venezuelan leader MaduroCuba mourns 32 security officers killed in a US strike in Venezuela. The island nation's economy faces disaster as its closest ally, Presid...
06 Jan, 2026, 06.36 AM IST
Cuban-Americans no longer protected as Trump deportation policy bites hardThe Trump administration's intensified deportation efforts have unsettled the Cuban-American community, historically shielded from such act...
27 May, 2025, 02.37 PM IST
Judge halts Trump administration from ending humanitarian parole for people from four countriesA U.S. federal judge is halting the Trump administration's plan to end a program offering temporary residency to Cubans, Haitians, Nicaragu...
11 Apr, 2025, 07.29 AM IST
Social media abuzz with ‘Russian threat’ as Florida residents track movement of naval ships close to the US coastAs four Russian naval ships made their way to Cuba to participate in the joint naval exercises, residents of Florida tracked the movement o...
14 Jun, 2024, 07.54 PM IST
WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for RussiaInterviews with many of the men plus friends and relatives, together with a trove of WhatsApp messages, travel papers, photos and phone num...
30 Sep, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
Cuba blames US for unprecedented anti-government protestsThe anti-government rallies erupted spontaneously in several cities as the country endures its worst economic crisis in 30 years, with chro...
13 Jul, 2021, 08.54 AM IST
Barack Obama ends 20-year-old policy for Cuban migrantsThe move, coming in the last days of the Obama administration, is seen as a significant step towards normalising America's relations with i...
13 Jan, 2017, 06.55 AM IST
2.4 lakh illegal Indian immigrants living in US: ReportThe flow of Indians coming clandestinely to the US has, in fact, doubled between 2000 and 2011, said the latest report by the US Department...
24 Mar, 2012, 12.15 PM IST
- Powerful Gustav leaves Cuba; New Orleans evacuates
Thousands of peopel have been evacuated from Cuba and New Orleans after a monstrous Hurricane Gustav roared across the island and into the ...
01 Sep, 2008, 05.05 AM IST
- Fidel Castro ill, cedes power
Cuban president Fidel Castro, who ruled a communist country on the doorstep of the United States for nearly 50 years.
02 Aug, 2006, 03.43 AM IST