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MOMBASA — A police officer and a government worker were on Monday injured after they stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the coastal town of Lamu. The two are an Administration Police...
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LAGOS — The Nigerian government on Saturday announced that it has arrested two prominent members of a militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) in southern city of Warri in Delta State. The...
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NEW DELHI — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Saturday that consensus had been reached with the Indian side to firmly support each other so as to ensure the successful organization of the...
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YANGON — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar on Wednesday causing damage to 190 ancient pagodas and temples in Bagan-Nyaung Oo, an ancient city in central Myanmar, as well as in Salay and Mrauk U...
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HAVANA — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will sign the final peace deal with the FARC guerrilla prior to the Oct. 2 plebiscite where the Colombian people will decide whether to approve the...
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HAVANA — The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group announced on Sunday a definitive ceasefire starting at midnight. “As commander of all FARC military fronts, I order all our...
View ArticleColombian Government and FARC rebels declares ceasefire
“As commander of all FARC military fronts, I order all our units and each of our fighters to definitively cease fire and fighting against the Colombian state starting at 2400 hours tonight,” top FARC...
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HAVANA — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday concluded his three-day official visit to Cuba, further consolidating the comprehensive strategic partnership as the two countries inked more than 20...
View ArticleReal Madrid takes Campus Experience to Cuba
Some 100 boys and girls selected from eight schools in Havana attended the first day of training as part of a program designed to teach values through football. The five-day football clinic, at the...
View ArticleGetting Familiar with Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Cuba’s revolutionary leader and former president, Fidel Castro, died at the age of 90 late Friday, Cuban President and his brother, Raul Castro, announced in a national broadcast. Castro was born on...
View ArticleCuban youth vow to carry on Fidel Castro’s legacy
Hundreds of young Cubans spontaneously gathered on Saturday to pay homage to the former President and leader of the Cuban revolution Fidel Castro at his old alma mater in Havana. Students converged on...
View ArticleCubans rebuff Trump’s conditions for normal ties
Cubans mourning the death of their revolutionary leader Fidel Castro have rejected recent remarks by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, who threatened to put thawing ties back on ice unless the Cuban...
View ArticleCuba-U.S. relations at crossroads after Castro’s death
The Cuba-U.S. relations are at a crossroads as the death of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro may decelerate the normalization of the ties and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s assuming power...
View ArticleFidel Castro’s ashes to stay overnight in Camaguey city, eastern Cuba
The ashes of the late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro will rest Thursday at the eastern Camaguey city, where thousands of its inhabitants will pay homage overnight to the former president with...
View ArticleCuban news portal blasts Trump for comments on Castro
A leading Cuban news website on Thursday lambasted U.S. President-elect Donald Trump for his comments on revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died on Nov. 25. After the death of Castro, Trump issued...
View ArticleCastro’s ashes stay overnight in “cradle” of Cuban independence
The caravan carrying the ashes of Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro stayed Friday night in the eastern city of Bayamo, the “cradle” of Cuban independence. The cedar urn holding the ashes of Castro...
View ArticleCuba, U.S. work to bolster ties before Obama term ends
Cuba and the United States are working to consolidate restored diplomatic ties with less than a month left before U.S. President Barack Obama’s term ends. The two countries signed Wednesday new...
View Article4 million foreign tourists visit Cuba in 2016
Cuba’s tourism ministry said Friday the Caribbean island country attracted a record 4 million foreign visitors in 2016, an increase of 13 percent from last year. It attributed the tourism boom in part...
View ArticleCuba-U.S. ties uncertain under Trump
Under Donald Trump, the future of the ties between Havana and Washington remains uncertain, despite a recent thaw, according to a Cuban expert. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the...
View ArticleRoad crash in east Cuba kills 2, injures 28
A highway collision in east Cuba has claimed two lives and injured as many as 28 people, local media said on Friday. The tragic accident occurred late Thursday, when a transportation truck that had...
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