First commercial US-Havana flight lands in ramped-up travel
Passengers from Miami, wearing straw hats provided by American Airlines with the word "Cuba" on the back, were greeted with welcome signs in various languages.
Nov 29, 2016, 12:12 PM IST
Rajnath Singh leaves for Havana to pay last respects to Fidel Castro
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday left for Cuban capital Havana to pay his last respects to the country's former president and revolutionary leader Fidel Castro who passed away on Friday.
Nov 29, 2016, 08:54 AM IST
'Viva Fidel!' - Tens of thousands pay last respects to Cuba´s Castro
Castro died on Friday at the age of 90, a decade after stepping down due to poor health and ceding power to his brother Raul Castro.
Nov 29, 2016, 03:26 AM IST
Criticized for praising Castro, Justin Trudeau to miss funeral
Instead, Governor General David Johnston will represent Canada at the commemoration in honor of the former Cuban president in Havana Tuesday evening.
Nov 29, 2016, 02:03 AM IST
Barack Obama will not attend Castro funeral: White House
"The president will not be traveling to attend the funeral of Fidel Castro," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest.
Castro's death will not likely slow US efforts toward Cuba: White House
Any move to unwind the normalizing relations between the United States and Cuba over the past two years "would deal a significant economic blow" to Cuban citizens.
Nov 29, 2016, 00:26 AM IST
Tens of thousands of Cubans pay last respects to Fidel Castro
Galvanized by a 21-gun salute that thundered across Havana, tens of thousands of Cubans paid final respects on Monday to Fidel Castro.
Nov 28, 2016, 23:09 PM IST
Trump vows to end US-Cuba 'deal' unless Havana makes better one
"If Cuba is unwilling to make a better deal for the Cuban people, the Cuban/American people and the U.S. as a whole, I will terminate deal," Trump said in a Twitter post.
Fidel Castro: The indefatigable revolutionary
As the tempest of time moves to relegate Fidel Castro into the shadows, on November 25, the world paused to remember that they don’t make them like that anymore!
Nov 28, 2016, 19:55 PM IST
North Korea begins three-day mourning for Cuban leader Fidel Castro
In the Pyongyang subway, commuters in one station crowded around a glass case containing a Castro obituary published by the ruling party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun.
Nov 28, 2016, 15:52 PM IST
Cuba prepares historic leader Fidel Castro`s send-off
A titan of the 20th century who beat the odds to endure into the 21st, Castro died late Friday after surviving 11 US administrations and hundreds of assassination attempts. No cause of death was given.
Nov 28, 2016, 02:02 AM IST
Cuba mourns death of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro
Cuba mourned revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday as the communist island prepared to say its last goodbyes to the towering giant of its modern history with mass memorials and a four-day funeral procession.
Nov 27, 2016, 12:26 PM IST
Algeria declares 8 days of national mourning for Fidel Castro's death
Fidel Castro died aged 90 on Friday.
Nov 27, 2016, 07:42 AM IST
World reacts to death of Cuba`s Fidel Castro
The US president-elect called Castro a "brutal dictator", but made no overt mention of earlier threats to roll back a historic rapprochement.
Nov 27, 2016, 05:16 AM IST
Fidel Castro’s sister Juanita Castro will not attend funeral: Report
President Raul Castro, Fidel`s 85-year-old younger brother, made the announcement of Fidel`s death on state television around midnight Friday.
Nov 27, 2016, 04:32 AM IST
Cuban dissidents expect no changes following Fidel Castro's death
Politically nothing is changing in Cuba except for the "incremental deterioration" of the human rights situation on the island, where repression "is increasing".
Nov 27, 2016, 03:39 AM IST
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau marks death of 'remarkable leader' Fidel Castro
Trudeau`s father, former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, became the first leader of a NATO-member state to travel to Castro`s Cuba, arriving in January 1976 during the middle of the Cold War, against Washington`s wishes.
Nov 27, 2016, 03:37 AM IST
Barack Obama says history will judge Castro's ''enormous impact''
"History will record and judge the enormous impact of this singular figure on the people and world around him," Obama said.
Donald Trump hopes Fidel Castro's death marks shift toward freedom for Cuba
"Fidel Castro`s legacy is one of firing squads, theft, unimaginable suffering, poverty and the denial of fundamental human rights," the real-estate mogul said.
Nov 27, 2016, 01:50 AM IST
With Fidel Castro`s death, US loses last Cold War enemy
Donald Trump called Fidel a "brutal dictator" on Saturday as Obama asserted that "history will record and judge" the Cuban revolutionary leader`s impact on the world.
Nov 27, 2016, 01:29 AM IST
