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US says Guantanamo strike grows; extent in dispute
One of the best known prisoners in Guantanamo says a hunger strike at the U.S. base in Cuba has grown to include 130 men in a protest over their ...
Yemenis demand release of Guantanamo detainees
Activists and relatives of around 90 Yemeni detainees held in Guantanamo Bay protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Monday to demand the ...
Caribbean nations search for oil amid spill fears
The turquoise waters that have long brought treasure seekers to the Caribbean now are drawing a new kind of explorer as countries across the region ...
Cuban Revolution gets video game treatment
Fight your way through mangrove swamps shoulder-to-shoulder with bearded guerrillas clad in the olive green of Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Striking Guantanamo prisoners say water denied
Prisoners taking part in an expanding hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay leveled new complaints about their military jailers Wednesday as a team from the ...
Cuba cleric: Francis criticized church at conclave
Pope Francis issued a strong critique of the church before the College of Cardinals just hours before it selected him as the new pontiff, according ...
US military says Guantanamo hunger strike edges up
More prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, officials said Monday, as defense lawyers expressed alarm ...
Key US decision on Cuba terror-designation coming
A normally routine bit of Washington bureaucracy could have a big impact on U.S. relations with Cuba, either ushering in a long-stalled detente or ...
Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes dies in Sweden at age 94
Renowned Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, a composer and bandleader who recorded with Nat "King" Cole, was musical director at Havana's legendary Tropicana ...
Colombia's ex-pres faces blowback over peace talks
Alvaro Uribe did more as president than any Colombian leader to weaken the South American nation's main leftist rebel group and he has been among the ...
Cuba eyes semi-pro league to reinvigorate boxing
Protective headgear has been the rule of the ring for more than 50 years in Cuba, which banned professional boxing shortly after the 1959 revolution.
General: Gitmo buildings in need of major repair
As much as $170 million is needed to improve facilities for the troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that President Barack Obama ...
Cuban dissident blogger visits White House
One of Cuba's best-known dissidents has visited the White House after trying for nearly a decade to obtain government permission to travel outside the ...
US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo
A hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has grown and now involves at least 21 men, a U.S. military official said Monday while denying reports ...
In China's shadow, Gitmo Uighurs languish on Palau
Ahmat Abdulahad can't help but laugh at the irony of his predicament. He and five other Chinese Muslims released from America's Guantanamo military ...
Catholics overjoyed at 1st Latin American pope
Tears and cheers erupted across Latin America on Wednesday as an Argentine cardinal became the first pope from the hemisphere, and many expressed hope ...
Netherlands beats Cuba 7-6, reaches WBC semis
Kalian Sams' ninth-inning sacrifice fly scored Andruw Jones with the winning run, capping a comeback from a two-run, eighth-inning deficit and lifting ...
Hand-picked Chavez successor registers in election
Thousands of cheering, crying admirers accompanied President Hugo Chavez's hand-picked successor Monday as he registered to be a candidate to replace ...
Cuban media carry rare interview with US diplomat
Communist Party newspaper Granma published a lengthy interview with a U.S. diplomat Monday, making for highly unusual reading in a country where the ...
Fidel Castro laments loss of 'best friend,' Chavez
Retired leader Fidel Castro broke nearly a week of silence since the death of friend and ally Hugo Chavez, saying Monday that Cuba has lost its "best ...
Bahamas gov't to allow offshore oil exploration
Offshore oil exploration will be allowed off the Bahamas, the environmental minister said Sunday, adding that a voter referendum on whether to go ...
Maduro leans on Chavez's charisma for popularity
Nicolas Maduro so far has led by imitation, seeking to fill the shoes of a president whose uncanny vigor, mischievous humor and political wiles sowed ...
Bin Laden's son-in-law: Pleads not guilty in NY
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the charismatic al-Qaida spokesman, fundraiser and son-in-law to Osama bin Laden, is likely to have a vast trove of knowledge ...
Hugo Chavez's body to be put on permanent display
Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and now Hugo Chavez. The late leader's supporters have put him on a pedestal long provided for the world's ...
Chavez body to be put on permanent display
Hugo Chavez's body will be preserved and forever displayed inside a glass tomb at a military museum not far from the presidential palace from which ...