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Supreme Court backs US company over seized Cuban assets

Supreme Court backs US company over seized Cuban assets
Published on May 22, 2026 08:13 am IST

Ex-Cuban leader Raul Castro's niece has a warning for Trump as charges revealed

Cuba's former President Raul Castro claps during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel assault
Published on May 21, 2026 08:12 am IST

Maduro’s Capture Deals Heavy Blow to Cuba’s Vaunted Intelligence Service

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Explosions echoed across Caracas on Jan. 3 as the U.S. moved in to capture Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro.
Updated on Jan 06, 2026 10:54 am IST

Royalty, iconic aircraft, infamous crashes – Kolkata airport brings alive a century of memories

Royalty, iconic aircraft, infamous crashes – Kolkata airport brings alive a century of memories
Published on Dec 21, 2024 01:45 pm IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes an intimate and objective picture of Cuba, a publisher-editor’s account of losing himself to find Kabir, and an eminent ornithologist’s memoir. (Akash Shrivastav)
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 05:30 am IST

This world leader stunned Indira Gandhi with a bear hug

This March 7, 1983 file photo shows then Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi next to Cuban president Fidel Castro during the opening of the Non Aligned Conference.
Updated on Dec 06, 2024 02:23 pm IST

Trump reignites conspiracy theories about Justin Trudeau and his mom Margaret

Donald Trump claimed that he gets along with Trudeau “very well”, but added that “he seems to be going very progressive and the people of Canada are not liking it.”
Published on Aug 07, 2024 10:20 pm IST

Bill Richardson, ex-US diplomat who freed Americans held by Saddam Hussein, dies

Former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson
Published on Sept 03, 2023 06:38 am IST

US planned to assassinate Raul Castro in 1960: Declassified documents

Cuban Communist party leader Raul Castro
Published on Apr 18, 2021 05:55 am IST

Cuba's Raul Castro to step down, ending 60 years of family monopoly

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L) holds up the arm of his brother, Raul Castro, first secretary of Cuba's communist party.
Published on Apr 16, 2021 07:17 am IST

Cuba gets first prime minister in over 40 years

Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, named as Cuba's first prime minister
Updated on Dec 22, 2019 08:39 am IST

Havana at 500: A city in four portraits

The island received 4.75 million tourists last year.
Updated on Nov 14, 2019 03:43 pm IST

Alicia Alonso, the ballet legend from Cuba, dies at age 98

So revered is Alicia Alonso in Cuba - where a perfume carries her name and the huge Coppelia ice cream parlour is named after one of her signature roles.
Updated on Oct 18, 2019 01:29 pm IST

In India on 60 years of Cuban revolution, Che’s daughter says world needs more people like him

Ernesto Che Guevara with VK Krishna Menon on July 3, 1959.
Updated on Jul 25, 2019 09:53 am IST

For Cubans, a day at the beach is no easy task

Like everything else in communist Cuba, beaches are a political issue.
Updated on Jul 22, 2019 01:02 pm IST

Cuba around the world: 60 years of weapons and white coats

In this file photo taken on January 04, 1959, Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) is seen shortly after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista during the revolutionary triumph, in Cienfuegos, 04 January 1959.
Updated on Dec 28, 2018 12:35 pm IST

Miguel Diaz-Canel set to be Cuba’s first non-Castro president in six decades

Cuba's First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel stands in line before casting his vote during an election of candidates for the national and provincial assemblies, in Santa Clara, Cuba March 11, 2018.
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 10:53 pm IST