Cuba

Cuba boat shootout details emerged this week after the brother of an American killed in the clash said the mission was driven by an “obsessive and diabolical” quest to free the island.

The Kremlin on Thursday defended Cuba’s actions in a deadly confrontation involving a U.S.-registered speedboat off Cuba’s northern coast.

Cuba’s Interior Ministry announced Wednesday that four men aboard a Florida-registered speedboat were shot and killed after Cuban authorities intercepted the vessel in Cuban territorial waters.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi offered limited support to Cuba on Thursday during a meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez in Beijing.

A U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo aircraft landed at a Cuban military airfield Sunday, raising renewed concerns about Moscow’s activity.

President Donald Trump declared on Thursday, a national emergency over Cuba, accusing the communist regime of threatening U.S. national security and aligning with hostile powers.

Responses poured in from around the world after President Donald Trump announced on social media that the United States carried out overnight strikes in Venezuela.

Cuba’s communist figurehead “president,” Miguel Díaz‑Canel, published a New Year’s message this week urging the Cuban people to be “united more than ever."

A humanitarian crisis deepens across the Caribbean as officials confirm more than 40 deaths linked to Hurricane Melissa, the historic storm that battered Jamaica, Cuba, and Haiti this week.

Russia deepened its alliances with communist Cuba and socialist Venezuela this week, formalizing military and strategic agreements that strengthen Moscow’s foothold in the Western Hemisphere and directly challenge U.S. influence.