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A Russian-owned tanker carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of crude oil has docked on the northern coast of Cuba, ending a near-total fuel blockade by the US on the communist-run island.

U.S. ​President Donald Trump signaled he was reversing course on blocking oil shipments to Cuba on Sunday, saying he had "no problem" with any country sending in ‌crude as a Russian tanker neared a Cuban port with a badl...

A Cuban doctor with more than 25 years of practicing medicine, like most Cubans drawing a government salary needs a side hustle to get by.

U.S. suppliers have shipped approximately 30,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba's private sector this year to date, according to documents and shipping data viewed by Reuters, suggesting a Trump administration plan to give priv...

Cuba is prepared for the unlikely possibility of a military engagement with the U.S., ​Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio said ‌over the weekend in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats...

Cuba had restored power to nearly half of ​the capital Havana by Sunday afternoon, officials said, less than 24 hours after the national grid collapsed for the second time in ‌a week amid a U.S. oil blockade that has dea...

A mix of uncertainty, anger and hope simmered in Cuba on Wednesday following comments by U.S. President Donald Trump this week saying that Washington could take “imminent action” against the island’s government.

The U.S. military is not rehearsing for an invasion of Cuba or actively preparing to militarily take over the island, ​the top general overseeing American forces in Latin America told lawmakers on Thursday.

Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves on Wednesday said he rejected the legitimacy of Cuba's government and ordered the closure of its embassy, a ​move that Cuba blamed on U.S. pressure.

Officials in Cuba reported an islandwide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen and its power grid continues to crumble.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United ​States could soon reach a deal with Cuba or take other action, ‌signaling that developments in the long-strained relationship may come quickly.

Anti-government protesters attacked a Communist Party office in central Cuba early on Saturday, a state-run newspaper reported, in ​a rare outburst of public dissent triggered by blackouts exacerbated by a U.S. oil block...

Cuba’s government said Thursday night that it would release 51 people from the island’s prisons in an unexpected move.

Cuban officials are preparing to withdraw the nation’s medical brigade from Guyana after it moved to provide full salaries to doctors and nurses from the island instead of sending most of the payments to the Cuban govern...

Swaths of Cuba remained without power on Thursday nearly a day after a huge blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest outage blamed on a fragile electric grid and a lack of fuel.

A power outage struck most of Cuba, ‌including Havana, the state electric utility said on Wednesday, as the Communist-run government grapples with increased pressure from the Trump administration that has curtailed oil s...

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Monday that his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwind...

Cuba’s deputy foreign minister said Thursday that the island’s government is communicating with U.S. officials following the fatal shooting of a U.S. boat in Cuban waters.

Cuba has accused 10 people aboard a US-registered speedboat it intercepted off its coast on Wednesday of planning "an infiltration with terrorist aims".

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it would authorize companies seeking licenses to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba's private sector, according to guidance posted on the department's website, a move that could...