New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla will pay an official visit to India from May 25 to 27.

London, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers have observed how a nation that lost an average of 5kg per head over five years contributed to a halving of the death rate from diabetes and a one third reduction in deaths from heart disease.

London, Apr 6 (ANI): Amid increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro has sternly cautioned North Korea and US of dangers of nuclear war, a report has said.

Washington, Mar. 10 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has been placed at 44th position in the list of the 50 most powerful people in sports, put together by Sports Illustrated magazine.

New York, Mar 2 (ANI): A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal on Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf into baked stone bass filets, bread and butter, a rich demi-glace sauce, even ice cream.

Washington, Feb 25 (ANI): Cuban President Raul Castro has announced that he would step down from power in 2018, when his second term as president is set to end.

London, Jan. 31 (ANI): Simon Cowell, who is already known for wearing Cuban heels, was seen attaining some more height by sitting on a cushion at a 'Britain's Got Talent' audition this week.

New York, Jan.4 (ANI): Christopher Kennedy Lawford, the nephew of the late former President John F. Kennedy, has described an encounter he had with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in 2001 as "amazing."

Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has brushed aside concerns that he favors socialism, saying his policies are so mainstream that he would have been considered a moderate Republican in the 1980s.

Washington, Dec. 2 (ANI): The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has retired from active service in the U.S. Navy.

Washington, Nov. 3 (ANI): American business magnate Donald Trump became the butt of his own joke after another business magnate offered to donate one million dollars to a charity of his choice if he shaved off his head.

Havana, Oct. 23 (Xinhua-ANI): Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro published an article and photos Monday in state-run media in response to widespread on-line rumors that he was dying or already dead.

London, Oct 22 (ANI): Revolutionary Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time since March, refuting persistent rumours that he was gravely ill.

London, Oct. 20 (ANI): The rumor mills surrounding the health of former Cuban leader, Fidel Castro, triggered fresh speculation after a Venezuelan doctor alleged that the ageing revolutionist had suffered a massive stroke, was in a vegetative state, and had only weeks to live.

London, Oct. 17 (ANI): The United States has welcomed the decision by the Cuban government to abolish the requirement for exit permits, and said that the move was in accordance with the 'universal right' of leaving or entering any country.

New York, Oct 16 (ANI): Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro recruited former Nazi officers to train troops in his country during the Cold War, it has emerged.

Washington, Oct. 14 (ANI): A CIA document outlining a Mafia-connected plan to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro for 150,000 dollars are among thousands of Robert F. Kennedy documents that have been made public.

London, Oct. 14 (ANI): Toronto Soccer's governing body has said the three Cuban soccer players who disappeared before a World Cup qualifier against Canada have defected.

Washington, Oct 13(ANI): The Cuban Missile Crisis transpired 50 years ago this October, when Soviet leaders and US pulled back from the very brink of nuclear war.

London, Oct. 12 (ANI): As former U.S. President John F. Kennedy tried to pull the world back from the brink of nuclear apocalypse during the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 1960s, he had received an urgent telegram from his country's envoy disclosing a 'bomb threat' to the American embassy in London.

London, Oct. 12 (ANI): The Soviet Union had secretly planned to leave over 100 nuclear weapons in Cuba after the end of the Cuban Missile Crisis but were so scared by Fidel Castro's instability that they made up a law to retrieve them, according to a report.

London, Sep 25 (ANI): Former US President John F Kennedy's top generals were actually bad-mouthing him behind his back, when the Cuban Missile Crisis has reached its peak in 1962, a new tape has revealed.

Washington, September 10 (ANI): After recovering from Sjogren's Syndrome, Venus Williams made a triumphant return to the New York Grand Slam tournament last week with her new boyfriend, Cuban model Elio Alberto Pis, at her side.

London, Aug 28 (ANI): The daughter of Cuban Vice President Marino Murillo has defected and is reportedly living in the United States.

London, July 30 (ANI): Sir Jimmy Savile's possessions that include his gold suits, Cuban cigars and beloved Rolls-Royce will be going up for auction.