John Kerry says plans to go to Cuba in `next week or two`
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday he intends to travel to Cuba in the "next week or two" for talks on human rights issues.
Feb 23, 2016, 22:15 PM IST
Barack Obama plan to close Guantanamo proposes 13 potential US transfer sites
President Barack Obama has pledged to close the prison and move the detainees since before his election in 2008.
Feb 23, 2016, 21:35 PM IST
Barack Obama to make statement on Guantanamo amid plan to close prison
President Barack Obama will deliver a statement on Guantanamo on Tuesday, the White House said, as his administration prepared to present U.S. lawmakers with his plan to shutter the controversial military prison.
Feb 23, 2016, 18:35 PM IST
Cuba visit aimed at normalising ties: Barack Obama
President Barack Obama on Saturday said his next month's Cuba visit, the first by a US president in nearly 90 years, will be an opportunity to keep moving forward in normalising ties while discussing serious issues like human rights.
Feb 20, 2016, 17:51 PM IST
Barack Obama's Cuba visit marked by controversy in US
Barack Obama will head to Cuba next month for the first visit by a US president to the Caribbean island nation in 88 years, in a trip fraught with controversy at home though it is being hailed across the world as a progressive development.
Feb 19, 2016, 15:11 PM IST
Obama visit a ‘step forward` to better ties: Cuba
Cuba Thursday hailed Barack Obama`s planned March visit to the island as a step towards mending bilateral relations and expressed willingness to discuss human rights with the US leader.
Feb 19, 2016, 03:13 AM IST
Obama to visit Cuba next month: Reports
US President Barack Obama will make a historic visit to Cuba next month, in a powerful sign of the thaw in relations between the Cold War-era foes, new reports said Wednesday.
Feb 18, 2016, 09:47 AM IST
US restores regular flights to Cuba
The United States and Cuba signed an agreement Tuesday authorizing daily US commercial flights to the communist-ruled island for the first time in more than 50 years.
Feb 17, 2016, 02:13 AM IST
When US missile was wrongly shipped to Cuba
Cuba has returned a dummy US Hellfire missile that was mistakenly shipped there from Europe in 2014, American and Cuban officials have said.
Feb 14, 2016, 08:11 AM IST
Pope Francis heads for historic encounter with Russian patriarch
Pope Francis headed to Cuba on Friday looking to heal a 1,000-year-old rift in Christianity.
Feb 12, 2016, 14:38 PM IST
Pope, Russian Orthodox patriarch to hold historic meeting in Cuba
Pope Francis and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church will meet in Cuba next week in what could be a landmark step towards healing the 1,000-year-old rift between the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity.
Feb 06, 2016, 03:22 AM IST
France welcomes Cuba`s Castro in historic visit
Cuba`s Communist President Raul Castro starts his official trip to Paris on Monday, his first-ever state visit to Europe.
Feb 01, 2016, 14:40 PM IST
U.S. to transfer al Qaeda suspect from Guantanamo to Kuwait
The United States released a suspected al Qaeda propagandist to the government of Kuwait on Friday.
Jan 09, 2016, 02:17 AM IST
Barack Obama to deliver his last State of the Union on January 12, 2016
US President Barack Obama would deliver his last State of the Union Address on January 12 to highlight the "remarkable" achievements of his presidency like the restoration of ties with Cuba, work on a historic nuclear deal with Iran and the global climate change agreement.
Dec 27, 2015, 14:50 PM IST
US, Cuba to 'resume' regular flights
Cuba and the United States reached an agreement on Wednesday night that will allow U.S. commercial airlines to begin operating flights to the island for the first time in decades, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussion.
Dec 17, 2015, 23:41 PM IST
Cuba says Obama welcome to visit but not to meddle
US President Barack Obama is welcome to visit Cuba but not to meddle in its internal affairs, a senior foreign ministry official said on Wednesday on the eve of the first anniversary of the two countries` historic rapprochement.
Dec 17, 2015, 09:38 AM IST
Cuba seals `historic` debt pact with Paris Club
The Paris Club is an informal group of public creditors created in 1956. Its members include officials from 20 industrialised countries who meet to try to resolve payment problems of debtor nations.
Dec 13, 2015, 05:40 AM IST
Killers of thousands on 9/11 can't stand female guards!
Muslim detainees at Guantanamo claim that physical contact with women outside their immediate families violated their religious beliefs.
Dec 11, 2015, 11:03 AM IST
Cuba marks rights day with dozens of arrests
Cuba marked Human Rights Day by detaining dozens of opposition activists or barring them from leaving their homes Thursday to prevent protests against the communist authorities, rights groups said.
Dec 11, 2015, 05:43 AM IST
Cuba returns US fugitive in sign of renewed diplomacy
An American man wanted on firearms charges was brought back from Cuba on Tuesday, marking the first fugitive returned since the two nations restored diplomatic ties this year.
Dec 09, 2015, 05:12 AM IST
