Inaugural commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
The first regular commercial flight in more than 50 years from the United States landed in Cuba on Wednesday, as the two nations took the latest step in their efforts to boost ties.
Aug 31, 2016, 23:19 PM ISTWatch: Jeff Williams shares breathtaking view Canarreos Archipelago, Cuba from ISS
Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA, who is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has never failed to amazed its social media followers and space enthusiasts by sharing images of the Earth and letting them how it looks like from far above.
Aug 27, 2016, 22:50 PM ISTBoxer who followed heart into Rio Olympics 2016 Final
Sotomayor will face Uzbekistan`s Fazliddin Gaibnazarov in Sunday`s gold-medal clash.
Aug 20, 2016, 00:08 AM ISTFidel Castro thanks Cubans for 90th birthday wishes, lambasts US
Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their tributes to mark his 90th birthday on Saturday in a meandering column carried by state-run media in which the iconic leftist revolutionary also lambasted old foe United States.
Aug 13, 2016, 21:16 PM ISTCubans salsa into Fidel Castro's 90th birthday
Cuba has gone into overdrive this month honoring Fidel Castro who led its 1959 revolution and built a Communist-run state on the doorstep of the United States.
Aug 13, 2016, 11:51 AM ISTUS, Cuba hold migration talks in Havana; no new agreements
US And Cuban officials held another round of talks on migration issues in Havana to further discussions last held in December, but no new agreements were announced to advance the diplomatic thaw begun a year and a half ago by presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
Jul 15, 2016, 11:10 AM ISTColombian president, rebel chief sign cease-fire
The bilateral cease-fire requires FARC to lay down all of their weapons within 180 days of the conclusion of a final peace accord.
Jun 24, 2016, 11:04 AM ISTColombia government, FARC rebels sign ceasefire
The Colombian government and the FARC rebel force signed a definitive ceasefire and disarmament agreement Thursday, one of the last steps on the path to ending their half-century conflict.
Jun 24, 2016, 00:08 AM ISTCuba, US hold talks on collaboration against terrorism
he meeting was a part of the steps being taken by the two countries since December 2014 in order to normalise bilateral ties.
Jun 10, 2016, 08:49 AM ISTGuantanamo Bay-like prison to be built in Jammu and Kashmir, CM Mufti seeks Rs 7 crore from Centre
A Budgam court on May 25 had said that “situations like Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay cannot be tolerated” in India.
Jun 07, 2016, 18:09 PM ISTPanama to transfer stranded Cuban migrants to Mexico
Panama authorities on Monday will begin transferring 3,400 US-bound Cuban migrants to Mexico who were stranded without papers.
May 09, 2016, 08:57 AM ISTPanama reaches deal to send 3,800 US-bound Cubans to Mexico
Each planeload would carry 154 Cubans who would pay the cost of the trip themselves.
May 09, 2016, 04:00 AM ISTAfter a half-century wait, first US cruise ship leaves Miami for Cuba
After a half-century of waiting, passengers have set sail from Miami on an historic cruise to Havana on Sunday.
May 02, 2016, 04:06 AM ISTFirst US-to-Cuba cruise ship in decades set to sail
The Adonia, a vessel from the Carnival cruise's Fathom line, was set to raise its anchors at 3:30 pm (1930 GMT) with some 700 passengers aboard.
May 01, 2016, 22:00 PM ISTCosta Rica urges LatAm response to Cuban, African migrants
Costa Rica urged Latin American nations Tuesday to coordinate efforts on handling Cuban and African migrants traveling through the region in bids to enter the United States.
Apr 13, 2016, 02:45 AM ISTCubans embrace the English language as Cold War enmity fades
Gilberto Gonzalez learned Russian at a school in Havana at the height of the Cold War when the Soviet Union was Cuba`s closest ally, but 30 years later he`s rusty and remembers little more than, `da,` and `nyet.`
Apr 11, 2016, 22:58 PM ISTFidel Castro makes first public appearance in nine months
Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro appeared in public for the first time in nine months, chatting with school children and criticizing Barack Obama's recent visit.
Apr 08, 2016, 13:24 PM ISTFidel Castro makes first public appearance in nine months
Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro appeared in public Thursday for the first time in nine months, chatting with school children and criticizing Barack Obama`s recent visit.
Apr 08, 2016, 13:01 PM ISTCuba road crash kills German tourist, 27 injured
The tourists were on their way to the central city of Trinidad at the time.
Pentagon to send about a dozen Guantanamo inmates to other countries soon
The Pentagon plans to transfer about a dozen inmates of the Guantanamo military prison to at least two countries that have agreed to take them, a US official said on Wednesday, the latest move in President Barack Obama`s final push to close the facility.
Mar 31, 2016, 08:50 AM IST