The European Union has proposed a plan to distribute more than $700 million of humanitarian aid within its own borders as the continent attempts to respond to the needs of refugees fleeing wars in North Africa and the Middle East.... More


Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria

On Wednesday, Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria, has begun an official visit to Cuba.... More


A Cuba-Austria entrepreneurial forum began sessions Wednesday at Havana's iconic Hotel Nacional.... More


The Richmond City Council, in the U.S. State of California, has passed a resolution urging the lifting of Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba. ... More


Cuba has diagnosed the first case of Zika virus in the country -- an imported case-- the Ministry of Public Health reported today.... More


Cuba has confirmed its commitment with the full implementation of the Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and Hunger Eradication of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).... More


Venezuela begins today homage to the late President Hugo Chavez to celebrate his legacy three years after his death.... More


Israeli forces have shot and killed two more Palestinians over an alleged stabbing attack north of the occupied West Bank. ... More


In Geneva, Cuba has defended the inalienable right of all human beings to live their lives in peace, in a world without nuclear weapons.... More


A strong magnitude-7.9 earthquake has struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, with local authorities issuing a tsunami warning.... More


On Wednesday, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and the government of President Juan Manuel Santos resumed peace negotiations here in Havana to work on pending topics.... More


In Yemen, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital Sanaa Tuesday to protest the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led bombing campaign, after an airstrike killed 40 people in a market on Saturday.... More


Bolivia's Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana has proposed to set up an intelligence agency to protect the state and clearly identify the attacks from the opposition in alliance with foreign enemies.... More


In news from Japan, the former CEO and two other former executives of nuclear giant TEPCO have been indicted for negligence over the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant nearly five years ago.... More


Diosdado Cabello, Senior Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela

Diosdado Cabello, Senior Vice President of the ruling United Socialist Party of Venezuela, has warned that right wing sectors are promoting a new phase of violence to promote the ousting of President Nicolas Maduro.... More


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