Havana, December 29 (RHC)-- A plenary session of the Cuban National Assembly on Tuesday took a look at the 2015 execution of the national budget. The meeting, which was attended by President Raul Castro and other top government figures, also reviewed economic prospects for the coming year.... More


Baghdad, December 29 (RHC)-- The Iraqi military command has declared that the city of Ramadi has been "fully liberated" from the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group, and that government soldiers have raised the national Iraqi flag over the main government building in the strategic western city. ... More


Tel Aviv, December 29 (RHC)-- Israel plans to build more illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli rights group Peace Now. ... More


Geneva, December 29 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has declared Guinea Ebola-free, an important milestone for the West African nation where the worst outbreak of the deadly virus began two years ago. ... More


San Jose, December 29 (RHC)-- Central American countries have agreed in Guatemala City to airlift some 8,000 Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to El Salvador starting the first week of January. ... More


Paris, December 29 (RHC)-- French scholar Salim Lamrani says "the United States has long used the migration issue to undermine the Cuban Revolution." ... More


Havana’s Grand Theater reopens on January 1st with a Gala marking the 57th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro presided over the 12th Meeting of the Cuban Communist Party's Central Committee, which debated a proposal to conceptualize the development of Cuba's socialist economic and social model, and reviewed fulfillment with the work plan agreed upon at the 1st PCC National Conference. ... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Cuba's economic performance in 2015 and the state budget for 2016 focused Monday's debates by the permanent commissions of the National Assembly of People's Power, prior to the Parliament's plenary session on Tuesday.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Cuban authorities are currently negotiating more than 40 new foreign investment projects on the island, Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment Rodrigo Malmierca announced Monday.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has urged Central American governments to do all in their power to find a lasting solution to the humanitarian situation of Cuban immigrants stranded in Central America, arguing that many of them are victims of human trafficking and other related crimes.... More


Havana, December 28 (RHC)-- As of January, 2016, Cuban authorities will authorize the granting of new loans to cooperative farms to boost agricultural production, particularly livestock.... More


Abuja, December 28 (RHC)-- Twenty people have been killed and 90 others injured in a bomb explosion at a mosque in northern Nigeria, officials say. ... More


Buenos Aires, December 28 (RHC)-- Thousands of Argentineans took to a main square in Buenos Aires to join in an “open air” broadcast of public television as part of ongoing protests against President Mauricio Macri’s proposed changes to the country’s Media Law, Prensa Latina reported Monday. ... More


Buenos Aires, December 28 (RHC)-- Devastating floods have now killed at least 10 people across four South American nations, according to reports Monday. ... More


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