Cuba suffered a nationwide blackout on Wednesday as Hurricane Rafael brought winds of up to 185km/h (115mph) to the Caribbean island.
The country's national energy company said strong winds had caused the shutdown of the electricity system.
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Millions of Cubans are currently without electricity following a prolonged outage at the island's main power plants.
Reports indicate that a malfunction at the Antonio Guiteras Power Plant in Matanzas on Friday left most of Cuba in (...)
HAVANA — Saudi Minister of Health Fahad Al-Jalajel and Cuban Minister of Public Health José Angel Portal Miranda have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at strengthening collaboration in the healthcare sector during a recent meeting in (...)
HAVANA — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez received Saudi Minister of Health Fahad Al-Jalajel and his accompanying delegation in Havana on Thursday.
The two sides discussed relations and explored ways to enhance cooperation, particularly in (...)
A high-profile North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba has defected to the South, Seoul's spy agency has confirmed to the BBC.
The political counselor is believed to be the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to South Korea since (...)
An ex-career diplomat who once served as US ambassador to Bolivia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for working as an agent for Cuba.
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, secretly passed information to the Cuban government for more than 40 years, (...)
A mysterious illness that has affected US diplomats in recent years has been linked to a Russian intelligence unit.
Personnel stationed around the globe with "Havana Syndrome" have reported unexplained symptoms such as dizziness.
They may have been (...)
HAVANA — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan reaffirmed the Kingdom's commitment to a common integrated approach as the path to achieve development, prosperity, and stability in his address at the G77 + China summit
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HAVANA — In the Cuban capital of Havana, a significant meeting took place between Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal Bin Farhan, with the presence of Cuban Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed to leaders from the Group of 77 developing countries (G77) and China to "fight for a world that works for all", in his address to their summit in Havana, Cuba, on Friday.
"I count on your Group, who (...)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah arrived in Havana on Friday heading Saudi Arabia's delegation participating in the Group 77 + China Summit being held in the Cuban capital from September 15 to 16.
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RIYADH — On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, is leading the Saudi delegation to the G77+China Summit. The summit is scheduled to take place in the (...)
The Cuban foreign ministry says it has uncovered a human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cubans to fight for Russia in its war in Ukraine.
It said that Cubans living in Russia and "even some in Cuba" had been "incorporated into the military (...)
Cuba's communist government has canceled Monday's traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages.
Every year hundreds of thousands of people are bussed in from across the island to fill Havana's Revolution Square on International (...)
A Southwest US-bound flight was forced to make an emergency landing after birds struck the plane's engine, the airline said.
The plane — flying from Havana to Fort Lauderdale, Florida — filled with smoke following the collision shortly after (...)
Ana Montes — among the best-known Cold War spies caught by the US — has been released from prison after more than 20 years in custody.
The 65-year-old spent almost two decades spying for Cuba while employed as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence (...)
Jamaica's broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming and weapons.
The government said the ban is meant to cut back on material that "could give the wrong (...)
Cuba is completely without power after Hurricane Ian pummeled the western end of the island, its government has announced.
The electrical system is experiencing total collapse, officials said, after one of the main power plants could not be brought (...)
Firefighters on Tuesday finally overcame what officials described as the worst fire in Cuba's history that over five days destroyed 40% of the Caribbean island's main fuel storage facility and caused massive blackouts.
Reuters witnesses reported the (...)
A massive oil-fed fire burned for a second day on Saturday near Cuba's supertanker port in Matanzas, as Mexico and Venezuela sent teams to help fight the inferno.
On Friday evening, lightning struck one of eight storage tanks at the facility 60 (...)
Cuba has sentenced 381 people for taking part in rare anti-government protests last summer - with some jailed for up to 25 years.
The attorney general's office said 297 had received prison terms, for crimes of sedition, public disorder, assault or (...)
Ukraine's foreign minister said that NATO was "sidelined and doing absolutely nothing" about the Russian invasion of his country, while the EU was taking "revolutionary decisions" to help Ukraine.
The minister Dmytro Kuleba was speaking at the World (...)
US officials have announced plans to ease tough sanctions imposed on Cuba by former President Donald Trump.
Under new measures approved by the Biden administration, restrictions on family remittances and travel to the island will be eased.
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Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of condolences to President Miguel Diaz Canel Bermúdez of Cuba on the victims of an explosion caused by a gas leak in a hotel in the capital, Havana, which resulted (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of condolences and sympathy to President Miguel Diaz Canel Bermúdez of the Republic of Cuba on the victims of an explosion caused by a gas leak in a hotel in (...)
