Santiago de Cuba, August 26 (RHC) -– A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Cuba on Monday evening, the National Seismological Center reported.... More
Washington, August 26 (RHC)-- The United States is sending spy drones and manned surveillance flights over Syria in the latest step toward possible airstrikes against Islamic State militants there. ... More
Havana team will represent Cuba in the 1st North, Central American and Caribbean Confederation (CONCACAF) Futsal Champions Clubs, which began in Guatemala yesterday.... More
Cuba's Osleni Guerrero fell in his debut at the World Badminton Championship based in Copenhagen, Denmark, until Sunday, August 31st. ... More
Beirut, August 25 (RHC) -- An extensive program about the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was broadcast by the Lebanese pan-Arabist channel Al-Mayadeen, on the occasion of the Cuban leader's 88th birthday.... More
Dublin, August 25 (RHC) -– Irish people trying to use an Irish bank to transfer money to people living in Cuba, are being blocked from doing so as a result of a United States economic blockade on the Caribbean country, which has been in place for more than 50 years, writes Conor Pope in the Irish Times. ... More
Gaza City, August 25 (RHC)-- Israel has leveled a 12-story apartment building and a seven-story office building as it continues its bombardment of Gaza. According to Agence France-Presse, more than 100 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed airstrikes last week. ... More
Manama, August 25 (BNA-RHC) -– In the capital of Bahrain on Monday, the Minister of State for Defense Affairs and President of the Supreme Council for Health, Lieutenant-General Dr. Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdulla Al Khalifa met the Riyadh-Resident Cuban Ambassador to Bahrain, Jose Enrique Rodriguez.... More
Damascus, August 25 (RHC)-- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has warned the United States against carrying out airstrikes on the Takfiri ISIL terrorists inside Syria without Damascus’ consent. Muallem said at a news conference in Damascus on Monday that any such attack without the approval of the Syrian government would be considered as a violation of his country’s sovereignty and an act of aggression. ... More
Havana, August 25 (RHC) -– Agricultural production in Cuba grew 17.6% during the first half of 2014 over the same period of 2013, but still has not reached the level of seven years ago, says an analysis published in the Juventud Rebelde daily.... More
La Paz, August 25 (PL-RHC) -- The XX Sao Paulo Forum opens today in La Paz, capital of Bolivia with discussions focussed on integration of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.... More
Caracas, August 25 (NNN-RHC) -- On Monday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro issued a decree to strictly ban the exportation of products that are on the list of the basic diet of Venezuelans.... More
Washington, August 25 (RHC)-- The United States is considering the possibility of sending 300 more troops to Iraq to provide additional security at American diplomatic installations, a senior U.S. official says. The anonymous government agent said that the U.S. State Department has made the request for additional troops. ... More
Santo Domingo, August 25 (NNN-RHC) -- One person has been swept away and 4,000 displaced when heavy rains from a newly forming tropical depression slammed into the Dominican Republic, authorities said.... More
Havana August 25 (AIN-RHC)-- Wetlands in Cuba have an area of some 10,000,410 square kilometers, equivalent to 9.3 per cent of the country's surface, including marshes, reservoir and interior or coastal boggy areas. ... More
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