London, November 28 (RHC)-- A rights group says many civilians have been targeted and killed in US drone attacks in Pakistan and other countries where such raids are carried out. The UK-based rights group Reprieve revealed that civilians have been killed in Pakistan and other places before militants were targeted by U.S. assassination drones. ... More


Havana, November 28 (RHC) -– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met in Havana on Thursday with the State Counselor of the People's Republic of China, Yang Jing, who arrived yesterday on an official visit.... More


Havana, November 28 (RHC) -– Argentina´s National Council for Scientific and Technological Research and Cuba's Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Center have signed 17 collaboration accords for the next few years.... More


Washington, November 28 (RHC) –- The U.S. administration has granted a no-bid 1.4 million contract to Canyon Communications Company to produce TV and radio broadcasts specifically designed for Cuba.... More


Havana, November 28 (RHC) -– An international lawyers panel in favor of the cause of the Cuban Five is meeting today as part of activities of the 12th International Forum of Penal Sciences 2014, underway in Havana.... More


Havana, November 28 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Experts are trying new biodiesel fuels for motors, Pedro Rodriguez, doctor in science from Cuban Polytechnic University Jose Antonio Echeverria (CUJAE), said here on Thursday.... More


Havana, November 28 (RHC-CubaHeadlines) -- Artists from Cuba and the United States came together under the umbrella of the nongovernmental and nonprofit U.S. Cuba Artist Exchange organization, which aims to promote collaborative programs of art and culture between the two nations.... More


Washington, November 28 (RHC) -– Officials with the U.S. Defense Department said that all has been set to transfer more detainees over the next few weeks from the prison camp located at the US naval base in the Cuban territory of Guantanamo, despite opposition by republicans.... More


Sports News Roundup Nov. 28

Cuba is still chasing Mexico in the medal standings of the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz 2014. ... More


Economic Update November 27

Cuba Travel Services, a leading authorized carrier service provider with offices in California and Florida, will now be offering direct flights from New York's JFK Airport to Havana, Cuba. Cuba Travel Services arranges flights operated by American Airlines and Sun Country Airlines to popular destinations including Havana, Cienfuegos, Camaguey, Santa Clara, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba.... More


Sports News Roundup Nov. 27

Cuba returned to second place in the medal standings of the 22nd Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz 2014.... More


Kabul, November 27 (RHC)-- At least three people have been killed in a fresh U.S. drone strike in central eastern Afghanistan. The air raid was conducted in the Chak district of Wardak Province on Thursday. ... More


Mexico City, November 27 (RHC) -– A group of 30 high school students were kidnapped on July 7th by officers with the Police Department of Cocula, a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. According to relatives of the missing teenagers, they were afraid to come forward until now, following death threats sent to them by the kidnappers.... More


Washington, November 27 (RHC)-- The United States continues to escalate its aerial campaign against ISIL terrorists in Iraq and Syria, shifting more attack and surveillance aircraft from Afghanistan to a base in Kuwait. ... More


Athens, November 27 (RHC)-- Public workers in Greece have staged a general strike in protest against the government's harsh austerity measures in the debt-ridden country. The 24-hour walkout, organized by Greece's private sector union GSEE and its public sector counterpart ADEDY, grounded hundreds of flights, closed public offices and severely disrupted local transport on Thursday. The general strike also brought ferry and train services to a halt and left state hospitals functioning with emergency staff only. ... More


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