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Cuba
World
June 6
US cruises stop sailing to Cuba, travellers irate
Major US cruise operators said they will no longer sail to Cuba following the Trump administration's ban on travel to the Caribbean island, angering travellers and prompting worries about trip cancellations.
World
July 18
Commission rejects Cuba plane crash theory
The commission investigating the crash of a Cubana passenger jet that killed 112 people said that reports on what caused it were premature, after the plane-leasing company blamed the crash on human error.
World
May 18
Over 100 killed in passenger plane crash in Cuba
More than 100 people were killed in a fiery crash of a Boeing 737 passenger plane in Cuba, with just three seriously injured survivors in hospital after being pulled from the wreckage, officials and state media said.
World
April 20
New Cuban president vows to defend Castro legacy
Cuba's new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, began his term with a promise to defend the socialist revolution led by the Castro brothers since 1959 and emphasised the need to modernise the island's economy.
World
December 25
Fireworks explosion injures 39 at Cuban festival
A fireworks explosion seriously injured 22 people, including six children between ages 11 and 15, during a popular Cuban carnival on Christmas Eve, state-run media reported.
World
September 29
U.S. cuts staff in Cuba over mysterious injuries
The United States on Friday cut its diplomatic presence in Cuba by more than half and warned U.S. citizens not to visit because of mysterious "attacks" that have caused hearing loss, dizziness and fatigue in U.S. embassy personnel.
World
September 17
U.S. mulls retaliation for sonic attacks in Cuba
Five Republican senators called on Friday for Washington to retaliate for an alleged sonic attack, inaudible to some human ears, on U.S. personnel in Cuba by expelling Cuban diplomats and possibly closing the U.S. embassy in Havana.
World
September 9
Irma makes landfall in Cuba as Category 5
Hurricane Irma strengthened and made landfall in Cuba as a Category 5 storm, as millions of Florida residents were ordered to evacuate after the storm killed 21 people in the eastern Caribbean.
World
July 15
Cuba's Castro rebuts Trump at national assembly
Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday denounced US President Donald Trump's partial rollback of the US-Cuban detente, saying it ignored broad public support for better relations and would satisfy only a few Cuban-American hard-liners.
