Missile attacks struck across Ukraine on Saturday, wounding at least nine people, as Kyiv and Moscow prepared for new talks next week with the United States. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media that Russia used 36 missiles to target critical infrastructure. Only four missiles were taken down, Zelenskyy said, highlighting a shortage of…
Havana, Cuba – Cubans are experiencing power blackouts and facing obstacles accessing medicine amid a strict U.S. embargo and sanctions that seek to put pressure on Cuba’s Communist government. The Trump administration has made it clear it wants to remove Cuba’s regime. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the economic campaign is engineered to make…
The U.S. has intercepted 90 Cuba-bound shipments of biodiesel — valued at nearly $3 million — widening a U.S.-imposed oil blockade led by the Department of Homeland Security aimed at choking off illegally trafficked fuel, routed to the sanctioned island’s crisis-hit energy sector. Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Commerce Department’s…
Three news organizations that President Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case against it is resolved, saying the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order – including selectively barring CNN from White House pool…
Cuba’s power grid collapsed once again on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity for at least the sixth time since President Trump cut off fuel to the island in January. The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced the islandwide power outage on its official X account and added that officials had…
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro appeared at a military event on Saturday, marking his first public appearance since he was hospitalized for what was reportedly a serious illness. The military event was held to celebrate the anniversary of an army branch responsible for protecting its top leaders. Cuban state television aired more than 10 minutes…
London – Iranian-affiliated hackers successfully but temporarily took a power plant offline in the United Kingdom, according to multiple British media outlets. The Telegraph and Financial Times reported the attack, which they say happened in July but is only now being reported, is believed to be the first time Iranian-linked hackers managed to shut down…
Puerto Rico has entered a period of water rationing as existing infrastructure issues worsen the impact of an ongoing drought. While government officials focus on the lack of rain, residents point to government mismanagement and underfunded, aging infrastructure as the source of many ongoing issues, from water shortages to years of rolling blackouts. Lilia Luciano…
Two weeks after youth-led protests forced India’s education minister to resign, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is grappling with the fallout from one of its toughest political challenges in years. Led by the online Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), the demonstrations spread from New Delhi to other cities, broadening from anger over exam irregularities into a…
