AN American diplomat from one of Washington’s grandest families and his wife have been charged with spying for Cuba after becoming infatuated with Fidel Castro. For three decades, Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and his wife Gwendolyn, 71, apparently enjoyed the frisson ...Read More
(CNN) -- As the United States steps up its push for tough new sanctions against Iran, a top American diplomat said Thursday that hopes of a deal with Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions are fading. "What's happening is that Iran ...Read More
HAVANA - Wearing his now-trademark track suit, Fidel Castro smiles happily and appears to vigorously embrace his longtime friend, the president of Brazil. The image, one of numerous photographs released Wednesday, shows the 83-year-old former Cuban leader looking healthier and stronger ...Read More
HAVANA – Fidel Castro is "exceptionally well" and appears recovered from a health crisis that has kept him out of the public eye for more than 3 1/2 years, Brazil's president said Wednesday, according to reports by his country's news ...Read More
A former police major who went on a shooting rampage last year at a Moscow supermarket, killing two people and wounding others, was sentenced to life in prison on Friday, a spokesman for the Moscow City Court said. Denis Yevsyukov, ...Read More
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter accused the ruling Communist Party on Tuesday of discrimination against gays and said she will write a letter to its "top leadership" demanding that it end. Her uncle, Fidel Castro, heads the party, ...Read More
A senior American diplomat in Afghanistan has become the first US official to resign over a war he says is only being perpetuated by the presence of foreign troops and international support for a corrupt, unpopular government. In his resignation letter, ...Read More
But last week a former US State Department official and his wife were charged with spying for Fidel Castro's communist regime after an FBI sting operation that was launched with the help of a Havana cigar. Walter Kendall Myers, scion of ...Read More
WASHINGTON - A married couple was accused Friday of spying for Fidel Castro's Cuba for 30 years while the husband was a top intelligence analyst at the State Department. Walter Kendall Myers, known as "Agent 202" to the Cubans, and his ...Read More
WASHINGTON – A retired State Department worker with top secret security clearance and his wife have been indicted on charges of spying for Cuba over the past three decades. The indictment unsealed Friday in Washington says Walter Kendall Myers and his ...Read More
The Conservative leader, who is currently on a tour of the Czech Republic and Poland, is preparing to remove his MEPs from the European People's Party after Thursday's elections. He is also planning to reopen the Lisbon Treaty debate and ...Read More
Every word may have been painful, but at least it was over quickly. At just 34 seconds, the Speaker's resignation speech set a new benchmark in brevity for a political class known for loving the sound of its own voice; ...Read More
The Daily Telegraph discloses how Tory grandees have received tens of thousands of pounds to maintain manor houses and stately homes. One claimed successfully towards the cost of a full-time housekeeper with a salary package of £14,000 a year, along ...Read More
HAVANA, April 22 (Xinhua) - U.S. President Barack Obama "misinterpreted" Cuban leader Raul Castro's statement, former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro was quoted as saying by local media Wednesday. Fidel, in an article entitled Obama and the Blockade published by local media, ...Read More
Fidel Castro makes frequent comments about current affairs Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro says President Barack Obama misinterpreted recent comments by his brother Raul about a possible thaw in US-Cuba ties. President Raul Castro said last week Cuba was ready to ...Read More
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said on Sunday the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba must go, but he was mum on his brother Raul Castro's recent offer to talk with Washington about "everything," including political prisoners and ...Read More
Asked to reflect upon the coming end of Fidel Castro's time and regime in Cuba, longtime ABC newsman Sam Donaldson had one last request: to be beside Castro's bedside to ask if he was responsible for John F. Kennedy's assassination. "You ...Read More
HAVANA — Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says the U.S. did not go far enough in announcing plans to soften sanctions against his country, and he insists that real change in bilateral relations will come only when Washington lifts its ...Read More
Fidel Castro said the US should acknowledge calls for better ties Fidel Castro has called on Latin American countries to support an end to Cuba's isolation when they meet the US president at a regional summit. Cuba is not invited to ...Read More
DALLAS, Pa. - Out of toilet paper? Need to pick up a few things for dinner? Take a number and start bidding. Many bargain hunters these days are trading supermarket aisles for the auction circuit in search of deep discounts on ...Read More
Felipe Perez Roque, left, and Carlos Lage were criticised by Fidel Castro Two top officials ousted in Cuba's cabinet shake-up have acknowledged "mistakes" in letters published in the Communist Party daily newspaper Granma. Cabinet Secretary Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez ...Read More
