KABUL, April 5 (Xinhua - RHC) -- The polling for Afghanistan's presidential election concluded on Saturday and counting of ballots has begun, the country's election officials have declared.... More


Cairo, Apr 5 (RHC), -- Egypt's deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, was due back in court on Saturday over his alleged involvement in the killing of protesters in clashes during his rule, AFP reports on Saturday.... More


KUALA LUMPUR, April 5 (Xinhua – RHC), -- Malaysian Minister of Defense and acting Minister of Transport, Hishammuddin Hussein, said on Saturday in a press conference that the Malaysian government had established three ministerial committees to streamline and strengthen their work on the missing plane.... More


Beijing, April 5 (Xinhua - RHC) -- Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01, searching for the missing Malaysian passenger jet MH370, detected a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5kHz per second in southern Indian Ocean waters on Saturday.... More


Washington, April 5 (RHC), -- The five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, serving long sentences in U.S. jails, have been granted the People’s Choice Human Rights Award 2014, the rights organization Global Exchange announced.... More


Havana, April 5 (RHC), -- Representatives from the governments of Cuba and Antigua and Barbuda vowed to strengthen bilateral ties, during a ceremony on Friday marking the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between both Caribbean nation... More


Havana, Apr 5 (RHC), – The first Haitian solidarity to Cuba brigade " Antenor Firmin " in its second day of exploring Pinar del Río, as activists are visiting places of economic and historical interest of Viñales, declared by UNESCO Cultural Landscape.... More


Havana, Apr 5 (RHC), – Representatives of 160 national and foreign firms will attend the 10th International Construction Fair (FECONS) that will be opened on Tuesday at this capital’s PABEXPO showground.... More


Havana, Apr 5 (RHC) – U.S. Academician, Sandra Levinson, asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to pardon three Cuban antiterrorists incarcerated in her country for 15 years now for preventing the execution on the island of violent plans.... More


Havana, Apr 5, (RHC), -- With the purpose of strengthening exchanges and cooperation in the field of sports, Cuba and Kazakhstan signed on Friday a cooperation agreement in Astana, capital of the latter.... More


Havana, Apr 4, (RHC), – The information released in an Associated Press article on Thursday confirms the reiterated denunciations made by the Cuban government, reads a statement by the Cuban Foreign Ministry referring to the revelations about recent plans by Washington to destabilize the island.... More


Paris, Apr 4, (RHC), -- French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, will travel to Cuba on April 12 in what will be the first visit by a French foreign minister to the Caribbean nation in three decades, diplomatic sources in Paris announced.... More


Havana, Apr 4, (RHC), -- President Raul Castro met with the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander I. Bastrykin, who is visiting the island.... More


Sport News Roundup April 4

Cuban Leydi Laura Moya, the only female representative of her country, qualified for the Modern Pentathlon World Cup finals, currently underway in Cairo, Egypt, local sources said.... More


Moscow, April 4 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday strongly criticized what he described as 'the role of arbiter of fate that the West has assumed in regards to Ukraine.' ... More


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