Vienna, June 18 (RHC)-- A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator has called on the six major world powers to remain "realistic" in the talks. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi made the remarks at a press conference in the Austrian capital Vienna on Tuesday, the first day of the latest round of talks with the Sextet of world powers.... More


Caracas, June 18 (PL-RHC) -- Venezuelan Tourism Minister Andres Izarra highlighted the importance of developing the Manaos-Margarita Island axis to strengthen the movement of tourists from Brazil to Venezuela.... More


Washington, June 18 (RHC)-- Four former Blackwater Worldwide security guards, who were put on trial last week in the U.S. over the 2007 killings of Iraqi civilians, faced a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia -- Washington, DC -- on Tuesday... More


Havana, June 18 (RHC) -– Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos began an official visit to Cuba on Tuesday, aimed at further strengthening bilateral relations between Luanda and Havana.... More


Havana, June 18 (RHC) -- UN Representative in Havana Laura Melo has praised the Cuban disaster risk management experience and the role of the island’s Civil Defense system in disaster situations. ... More


Havana, June 18 (RHC) -- The Cuban Health Ministry announced on Wednesday the detection of six cases of Chikungunya virus on the island, explaining that all are Cuban citizens who have frequently traveled to Haiti and the Dominican Republic.... More


Havana, June 18 (RHC) -- Havana’s Provincial Court handed down its verdict and imposing sanctions on a group of citizens directly involved in the theft and distribution of methanol. The illegal activity led to the intoxication and hospitalization in July and August 2013 of 99 persons, 11 of whom died, after having consumed the product, which was originally stored at Havana’s Chemist and Food Institute.... More


Miami, June 18 (RHC) -- A recent poll by the Florida International University revealing that a large number of Cuban Americans in Miami-Dade county favor the lifting of the U.S. economic blockade of Cuba and the resumption of diplomatic relations between Washington and Havana has had a big repercussion this week in the U.S. press.... More


Havana, June 18 (RHC) -- The renowned Varadero tourist center, on the northern Hicacos peninsula in western Matanzas province, is witnessing a growing number of tourists from different nations, which marks a diversity of markets headed by Canada, and followed by European and Latin American nations.... More


The Havana based Humor Promotion Center granted the National Humor Award for 2014 to Alejandro García, better known as Virulo.... More


Yihadistas se incautan de ropa femenina "contraria" a ley islámica en Siria

Beirut, 18 jun (EFE).- Militantes del grupo radical Estado Islámico de Irak y el Levante (EIIL o ISIS, en sus siglas en inglés) registraron varias tiendas en la ciudad de Al Raqa, su bastión principal en Siria, donde se incautaron de prendas femeninas que consideran contrarias a la sharía o ley islámica. ... More


Havana, June 17 (RHC)Angola’s president Jose Eduardo dos Santos kicked off an official visit to Cuba on Tuesday, which aims at further strengthening bilateral relations between Luanda and Havana.... More


Sports News Roundup June 17

The women's volleyball team of Cuba faces Argentina in early quarterfinals of the XIII Pan American Volleyball Cup, which ends on the 19th in Mexico City.... More


Buenos Aires, June 17 (RHC-Agencies)-- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez says her country refuses to go along with a U.S. judge's ruling requiring a USD 1.5 billion repayment of defaulted bonds.... More


Bogotá, June 17 (RHC-XINHUA) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday that he would submit to Congress a constitutional reform plan that includes a ban on presidential re-election in exchange for an extended office term.... More


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