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AFP/APP Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order threatening to impose additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, escalating pressure on the communist island nation. The order states that…

Ishtiaq Ahmed  Bradford: The real reason behind USA’s decision to force regime change and accomplish take over of Venezuela as stated by the President Donald Trump: “ We’re going to be using oil, and we’re going to be taking oil.”  “…

Nadeem Tanoli Islamabad: The government on Friday came under sharp scrutiny in Parliament over shrinking scholarship funds, university admissions policies, and the absence of new higher-education initiatives in Punjab’s Gujrat–Kharian…

AFP/APP Santiago de Cuba, Cuba: The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose Thursday to nearly 50 people, officials said, after the ferocious storm devastated Caribbean islands and was bearing down on Bermuda. Flooding was expected to…

AFP/APP Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa ripped up trees and knocked out power after making landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as one of the most powerful hurricanes on record, inundating the island nation with rains that threaten flash floods and…

AFP/APP Kingston, Jamaica: Hurricane Melissa carved a deadly path through the Caribbean on Saturday night, with forecasters warning of rapid intensification as the storm crept slowly toward Jamaica and the island of Hispaniola.…

AFP/APP Havana: Hurricane Rafael, a powerful Category 3 storm, made landfall in Cuba, causing a national blackout just two weeks after a previous four-day outage. The blackout followed severe wind damage to the national power grid, as…

AFP/APP Havana: Cuba faced a nationwide blackout on Friday after the country’s largest power plant, Antonio Guiteras, unexpectedly shut down, adding to weeks of extended outages that have plagued the cash-strapped nation. The blackout…

AFP/APP Cuba: The wings of the world's tiniest birds are a near-invisible blur as they whizz around tourists visiting a private Cuban garden that has become a haven for the declining species. The bee hummingbird, which measures just…

AFP/APP Havana: The Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group on Tuesday announced a six-month extension to a ceasefire in effect since August, with the ELN agreeing to suspend kidnappings for ransom. The…