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ON THIS DAY: Fidel Castro becomes Prime Minister of Cuba (1959)

On 16 February 1959, Fidel Castro was sworn in as Prime Minister of Cuba, just weeks after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista. The...

Hurricane leaves trail of destruction across Caribbean

The scale of devastation left by Hurricane Melissa is becoming clear after the record-setting storm tore through Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, leaving at least...

Eye of Hurricane Melissa exits Jamaica, heads towards Cuba

Hurricane Melissa has been dubbed the “storm of the century” by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as the slow-moving system barrels across the Caribbean. Jamaica...

ON THIS DAY: Cuban missile crisis begins (1962)

On this day in 1962, the world stood on the brink of nuclear war as the Cuban Missile Crisis began. The 13-day confrontation between the...

ON THIS DAY: Bay of Pigs invasion begins in Cuba (1961)

On 17 April 1961, approximately 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched an amphibious invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the southwestern coast of Cuba,...

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US embassy staff can leave Israel as Iran threat looms

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