Cuba

Cuba's electric grid collapses again as government tries to resolve previous day's blackout

Blackouts affecting the entire island, home to about 10 million people, have become increasingly frequent in recent months.

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People walk down a street as Cuba's national power grid collapsed, marking the third major outage in nine days, in Havana, Cuba, July 14, 2026.
People walk down a street as Cuba's national power grid collapsed, marking the third major outage in nine days, in Havana, Cuba, July 14, 2026.

Cuba suffers islandwide power grid collapse as US oil blockade deepens energy crisis

The outage follows three nationwide blackouts in July and comes as a US-imposed oil blockade further strains the island's aging energy infrastructure.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a cabinet meeting at Camp David in Thurmont, Maryland, US, July 31, 2026.

Cuban spy one of US's biggest intelligence failures, Rubio says, accuses Cuba of funding protesters

Marco Rubio said Cuba operates an extensive spy and influence network in the US, citing a convicted ambassador and alleged links to protests supporting Antifa, Hamas, and Venezuela's Maduro.

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C) speaks during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David, the presidential retreat, on July 31, 2026 in Camp David, Maryland.

Rubio says Iranian regime must change, praises Trump's ambition in Middle East strikes

Rubio said US military pressure has left Iran "eager" for deals on denuclearization and the Strait of Hormuz, as Trump halted strikes and said an agreement could be imminent.

|ByRUBY SADIKMAN

Cuba appears to hold speedboat suspects in provincial hospital

Four others aboard were killed on Wednesday when Cuban forces returned fire on the Florida-registered speedboat off the northern coast of Cuba, Cuba's Interior Ministry said.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026ByREUTERS
People approach the entrance of the Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where, according to local information, injured people were being treated after an armed incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat and a Cuban patrol, at a time of heightened tensions with US

Four killed after boat from Florida entered Cuban waters, occupants opened fire

All four killed were aboard the Florida boat, with the incident taking place amid heightened tension between Cuba and the United States.

FEBRUARY 25, 2026ByREUTERS
A Cuban soldier waves a national flag as he takes part in the "Anti-Imperialist" protest in front of the US Embassy against the US incursion in Venezuela, where 32 Cuban soldiers lost their lives, in Havana on January 16, 2026.

Cuban military, medical advisers leave Venezuela as US pressure mounts on Rodriguez

Venezuela’s Delcy Rodriguez faces US pressure to cut ties with Cuba, leading to the departure of Cuban security advisers and medical personnel from the country.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByREUTERS
Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodriguez and Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez Padilla attend the ceremony "Promotions and Decorations for Heroes and Martyrs", honouring Venezuelan and Cuban military and security personnel who died during a US operation to capture Nicolas Maduro.

The Munich moment that changed everything for Marco Rubio - opinion

From Venezuela to Tehran to Munich, Rubio is no longer just executing policy; he’s shaping a new world order.

FEBRUARY 21, 2026ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio waves, next to Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger, as he gets a standing ovation after his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026.

Trump threatens tariffs on any nation supplying Cuba with oil

US President Donald Trump announces potential tariffs on countries providing oil to Cuba, ramping up pressure on the island’s leadership.

JANUARY 30, 2026ByREUTERS
An illustration of the flags of Cuba and the US, with a rift in between.

US seeks to end Cuba’s communist rule by year’s end - WSJ report

The US government is reportedly working behind the scenes to end Cuba's communist rule by the end of 2026.

JANUARY 24, 2026BySHOSHANA BAKER
A man ties a Cuban flag on the roof of the University of Havana.

Iranian feminists understood the revolution better than Europe’s intellectuals - opinion

While Foucault praised Iran’s 1979 revolution as spiritual, Iranian women warned it would mean coercion, veiling, and the erasure of their rights.

JANUARY 14, 2026BySAMUEL J. HYDE
Demonstrators gather outside the Iranian embassy during a rally in support of nationwide protests in Iran, in London, Britain, January 11, 2026

Jewish woman once held up by Nazis as ideal Aryan baby dead at 91

Born in Berlin in 1934 to Latvian Jewish parents Jacob and Polin Levinson, Taft was photographed when she was 6 months old by a German photographer, Hans Ballin.

JANUARY 13, 2026ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
HESSY TAFT poses holding a photograph of herself taken in 1935 by well-known German photographer Hans Ballin during an interview with Reuters July 9, 2014.

Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money to go to Cuba, pushes for deal

Trump said no more Venezuelan oil or money will go to Cuba, escalating pressure on Havana amid shifting US-Venezuela ties.

JANUARY 11, 2026ByREUTERS, JAMES GENN
A 3D printed miniature of US President Donald Trump and Cuban flag are seen in this illustration taken January 9, 2026.

Venezuelan Interior Minister: One hundred people killed in US operation to capture Maduro

Caracas have not previously given a number for those killed, but the army posted a list of 23 names of its dead.

JANUARY 8, 2026ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jonathan Mayora collects items from his damaged family home, after the US launched a strike on Venezuela, capturing its President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela January 4, 2026.