A U.S. destroyer is off the coast of Havana, Cuba, shadowing a detachment of Russian naval ships that includes one of the country’s most advanced surface ships, USNI News has verified. As of Tuesday morning, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109) was roughly 50 nautical miles north of Havana and about 72 miles […]
Boeing 737 Airliner Crashes Carrying 113 People – Three Survivors Critical…
Cuban state run TV reported the Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. Pictures from the scene showed huge plumes of black smoke visible form the terminal. And photos of crash scene show the aircraft completely broken apart as emergency services search for survivors. Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel said […]
STUDY: Mystery Illness Struck ‘Widespread Brain Networks’ of U.S. Embassy Staff in Cuba…
New research has cast doubt on the claim US diplomats in Havana were the victims of a sonic weapon attacks. Some 21 embassy staff in Cuba were affected by a mystery illness in August last year. Diplomatic staff were reportedly the victims of targeted attacks on their homes and hotel rooms in the Cuban capital. […]
Preliminary Findings on U.S. Diplomats’ Health Problems in Cuba: Real But Still a Mystery…
Two University of Pennsylvania researchers who examined diplomatic personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Havana confirm they suffered brain injuries, but said the cases weren’t accompanied by head trauma as would have been expected. There are still no indications of what may have caused the diplomats’ mysterious symptoms. The report, published Wednesday in The Journal […]
First Recording Emerges of High-Pitched ‘Sonic Weapon’ Linked to Attacks on U.S. Embassy Workers in Cuba…
The first public recording of high-pitched, cricket-like sounds out of Havana could be linked to the attacks on U.S. Embassy workers, according to a new report. The recording, first released by the Associated Press on Thursday, is reportedly one of several from Havana that first led investigators to believe a sonic weapon was involved. Of […]
U.S. to Expel 15 Cuban Embassy Staffers…
The U.S. government has ordered 15 staff members from Cuba’s embassy in Washington to leave the country, a State Department official said Tuesday, a step intended to bring diplomatic operations between the two nations into parity after the U.S. cut its staff in Havana last week. The official said the expulsion of Cuban diplomats should […]
American Airlines and Jet Blue Make First Scheduled Flight to Havana in over 50 Years…
For the first time in over half a century, an American carrier flew a regularly scheduled commercial flight from Miami to the Cuban capital on Monday, just three days after the death of Fidel Castro. A Boeing 737 operated by American Airlines took off from Miami International Airport just after…