News | Latest Breaking News Stories & Headlines

Miguel Diaz-Canel said Cubans would have a say on the constitution

Cuba's National Assembly adopts new constitution

Cuba's National Assembly has adopted a new constitution that would recognise market economics yet keep the Communist Party firmly in control of the economy and the state.

World • 23 Jul 18

Grettel Landrove was one of three women to have survived the air crash

Cuban air crash survivor dies, taking death toll to 111

The death toll from Cuba's worst air crash in decades has risen to 111, after one of the three survivors died from her injuries.

Cuba • 22 May 18

Allegations of previous safety complaints have begun to surface against the company that leased the aircraft

Company that leased plane in Cuba crash to be audited

An audit is to be carried out on the Mexican company that leased the aircraft involved in a deadly crash in Cuba on Friday that has left 110 people dead.

World • 20 May 18

There were just three survivors from 113 passengers and crew

Two days of mourning after Cuban plane crash

Cuba has begun two days of national mourning for the 110 victims of the crash of a state airways plane that left just three survivors.

Cuba • 20 May 18

The Boeing 737 crashed shortly after take-off

Over 100 people die in Cuban passenger plane crash

More than 100 people were killed after a a Boeing 737 passenger plane crashed shortly after take off in Cuba, according to the country's state media.

World • 18 May 18

Outgoing Cuban President Raul Castro (right) raises the hand of incoming president Miguel-Diaz Canel

Diaz-Canal replaces Castro as Cuban president

Cuban Communist Party stalwart Miguel Diaz-Canel has been sworn in to replace Raul Castro as president.

Cuba • 19 Apr 18

Miguel Diaz-Canel is Cuba's Vice President and a senior Communist Party official

Cuba confirms candidate to replace President Castro

Cuban officials have confirmed that Miguel Diaz-Canel is the sole candidate to succeed President Raul Castro.

Cuba • 19 Apr 18

Raul Castro has been in power since 2006, when he took over from his brother Fidel, who seized power in 1959

Cubans prepare for Castro's stepping down

Cuban President Raul Castro is set to step down on Thursday, passing the baton to a new generation in a transition that brings to a close the Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power.

World • 17 Apr 18

Mr Castro's successor will be decided by a top governing council

Cuban President Raul Castro to step down in April

Cuban President Raul Castro will step down in April 2018 straight after his successor is chosen by a top governing council, according to a vote in the state's National Assembly.

News • 21 Dec 17

US orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats

The United States has ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats, accusing the Cuban government of failing to protect US diplomats following a series of mysterious incidents in which embassy staff were sickened.

News • 03 Oct 17

US officials say 21 embassy employees in Cuba have been injured

US cuts embassy staff in Cuba over mysterious injuries

The United States cut its diplomatic presence in Cuba today by more than half and warned US citizens not to visit because of mysterious "attacks" that have caused hearing loss, dizziness and fatigue in US embassy personnel.

World • 29 Sep 17

Officials are investigating whether US diplomats were targets of some form of sonic attack

US embassy staff suffer hearing loss in 'Cuba attack'

At least 16 US embassy staff have been affected by hearing loss while working in Cuba, US officials have revealed.

cuba • 25 Aug 17

Cuba investigating 'hearing incident' at US embassy

Cuba has said it is investigating allegations by the US that several diplomats at the US embassy in Havana developed hearing problems last year which forced them to return home.

US • 10 Aug 17

Barack Obama and Raoul Castro at a baseball game in Havana in 2016 during the first visit by a sitting US president to Cuba in 88 years

Trump orders row back on Cuba measures

US President Donald Trump ordered tighter restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and a clampdown on US business dealings with the Caribbean island's military, saying he was canceling former President Barack Obama's "terrible and misguided deal" with Havana.

US • 16 Jun 17

President Michael D Higgins is the first European head of state to visit Cuba since it signed a deal with the EU last year

President Higgins holds talks with Raúl Castro

President Michael D Higgins discussed human rights with Cuban President Raúl Castro during the first day of his State visit.

News • 16 Feb 17

President Higgins met with Colombian President Santos before flying to Cuba (Pic: Áras an Uachtaráin)

President continues Latin America trip in Cuba

President Michael D Higgins will hold a private meeting with the Cuban president as he becomes the first Irish head of State to visit Cuba.

News • 15 Feb 17

Barack Obama said the move was part of efforts to normalise relations with Cuba

US ends immigration amnesty for Cubans

The United States has ended its special immigration policy for migrants fleeing Cuba, which automatically allowed them to stay once they reached the US.

News • 13 Jan 17

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini

EU, Cuba sign pact to normalise relations

The EU and Cuba have signed a deal to normalise ties that had been blocked for decades by human rights concerns under revolutionary icon Fidel Castro.

News • 12 Dec 16

The crowd chanted 'long live the revolution!' and 'Fidel! Fidel!'

Cubans hold commemoration for Fidel Castro

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have packed Havana's Revolution Square for a massive rally in honour of late leader Fidel Castro.

News • 30 Nov 16

President Michael D Higgins signed the book of condolence early this morning

President signs book of condolence for Castro

President Michael D Higgins has signed a book of condolence for former Cuban president Fidel Castro at the Cuban Embassy in Dublin.

News • 28 Nov 16

Higgins among world leaders paying Castro tributes

President Michael D Higgins and other world leaders have paid tribute to Fidel Castro following the former Cuban president's death.

News • 26 Nov 16

Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba on New Year's Day 1959

Trump says US will boost Cuban prosperity

US President-elect Donald Trump has said his administration will "do all it can" to help boost freedom and prosperity in Cuba after the death of Fidel Castro.

Cuba • 28 Nov 16

Barack Obama made the first visit to Havana by a US president in 88 years in March

Trump win will not change US investment - Pernod

French spirits group Pernod Ricard said today that Donald Trump's victory in the U S election will not change its investment plans in the US, its biggest market.

Business • 09 Nov 16

Florida residents have been told to prepare for a possible direct hit that could be catastrophic

Mass evacuation as Hurricane Matthew approaches US

Hurricane Matthew has churned towards the Bahamas and Florida's east coast after killing at least 21 people in Haiti and prompting the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential election.

News • 05 Oct 16

Fidel Castro, pictured here in 2006, has largely retreated form public life

Fidel: Cuba 'has no need of gifts from the empire'

Fidel Castro has signalled continued resistance to rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, writing in an opinion piece that his country "has no need of gifts" from the US.

News • 28 Mar 16