Washington, May 19 (IANS) The Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on 11 Cuban officials and three government organisations, intensifying pressure on Havana over what Secretary of State Marco Rubio described as repression, security threats and support for foreign intelligence and military operations.In a statement, Rubio said the administration was taking “decisive action to protect US national security and deprive Cuba’s communist regime and military of access to illicit assets.”T…
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Washington, May 18 (IANS) The United States has issued a temporary 30-day general licence allowing transactions involving Russian oil currently stranded at sea, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, describing the move as necessary to help “the most vulnerable countries” access energy supplies amid market uncertainty. “The US Treasury is issuing a temporary general license for 30 days to allow the most vulnerable countries to have access to Russian oil, which is currently stuck in the sea…
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Deepening cooperation across various sectors, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Friday held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from participating countries on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi. EAM met his Malaysian counterpart, Mohamad Hasan, with both sides reviewing the progress of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations. The two leaders also discussed the follow-up on the outcome…
Mexico City, May 12 (IANS) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico is sending a fifth ship with humanitarian aid to Cuba in response to the growing shortages faced by the Cuban people. During her morning press conference on Monday (local time), Sheinbaum reiterated Mexico’s rejection of the economic, commercial and financial blockade Washington has maintained against Cuba since 1962.”We are going to continue sending humanitarian aid. In fact, a ship carrying humanitarian aid is leav…
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…
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…