Washington, May 11 (IANS) US military intelligence-gathering flights have increased off the coast of Cuba in recent months, according to a media report published on Monday. Since February 4, the US Navy and Air Force have conducted at least 25 flights, mostly near Havana and Santiago de Cuba, with some coming within 40 miles (64 km) of the coast, said the report, analysing publicly available aviation data from FlightRadar24, a live flight tracker.The missions have predominantly involved P-8A Pos…
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Geneva, May 8 (IANS) UN experts have warned that a January fuel blockade imposed on Cuba by US President Donald Trump amounts to “energy starvation” in the country.”Cuba has been subjected to energy starvation by the United States, a condition in which the lack of fuel cripples the functioning of essential services required for a dignified life,” three independent human rights experts of the UN Human Rights Council — Surya Deva, Sofia Monsalve Suarez and Pedro Arrojo-Agudo — said in a joint st…
Washington, May 8 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said that he urged US President Donald Trump to pursue dialogue with Iran and handed him a copy of a 2010 nuclear agreement brokered by Brazil and Turkey, as the two leaders concluded a closed-door White House meeting focused on trade, tariffs and global conflicts.Speaking later at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington on Thursday, Lula said he told Trump that “dialogue” was more effective than war and warned that military …
Havana, May 6 (IANS) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Tuesday it is “cynical and hypocritical” for the United States to threaten using military forces to “liberate” the country after more than six decades of economic, commercial and financial embargo.”The US government insists in hinting at a military action against Cuba because ‘the country is devastated… and it would be an honor to liberate it,'” Rodriguez wrote on X.”The cynical and hypocritical thing about it is that the US has …
Washington, May 6 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended President Donald Trump’s authority to conduct military operations against Iran without congressional approval, calling the War Powers Act “100 per cent unconstitutional”.The remarks came during a wide-ranging White House briefing on Tuesday in which Rubio defended the administration’s military response in the Strait of Hormuz, broader pressure on Iran and Washington’s Middle East strategy.“The War Powers Act is uncon…
Havana, May 3 (Xinhua) Cuba denounced the escalation of US military threats against the country by US President Donald Trump.”The US president escalates his threats of military aggression against Cuba to a dangerous and unprecedented scale,” Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote on X.Diaz-Canel called on the international community and the American people to decide whether they would allow “such a drastic criminal act” to serve the interests of a small but wealthy and influential group seeking…
Havana, May 2 (IANS) Cuba denounced new US sanctions as “unilateral coercive measures,” saying that such actions demonstrate an intention to impose collective punishment on the Cuban people.”We firmly reject the recent unilateral coercive measures adopted” by the US government, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on X.These actions demonstrate an intention to impose collective punishment on the Cuban people, Rodriguez said.He noted that the announcement coincided with May 1, when million…
New York, May 2 (IANS) US President Donald Trump signed an executive order expanding sanctions on the Cuban government.Trump ordered that all property and interests in property that are in and coming within the United States, or are in or coming within the possession or control of US persons of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in, Xinhua news agency reported.The “following persons” include those who operate in or have ope…
Washington, May 1 (IANS) A Pakistani national has pleaded guilty to leading an international human smuggling network that brought migrants into the United States using sham film production companies, the Justice Department said.Abbas Ali Haider, 49, of Sialkot, admitted to running a years-long conspiracy that moved Pakistani nationals through Latin America to the US-Mexico border, according to court documents.Prosecutors said Haider operated two fake companies — Diamond TV World Productions an…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) US hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio warned that the growing conflicts involving the US, Israel and Iran are part of a broader, interconnected pattern that could amount to the early stages of a world war.Ray Dalio said in a detailed post on X that multi-theater conflicts increasingly happen which resembles a concluding phase in past patterns leading to a world war. Outlining a 13‑step historical pattern he calls the “Big Cycle,” Dalio said the world is at step 9, …