Cubans celebrated the anticipated release of jailed protesters in a deal struck under US then-president Joe Biden."The ...

Even today, religious activities are considered suspicious and therefore monitored, according to the evangelical NGO Open Doors, which ranks Cuba 26th in its global index of Christian persecution.

Some of Trump's executive orders have an immediate policy impact. Others are more symbolic. Some already are being challenged ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced the release of two Americans in a prisoner exchange. In a statement Tuesday, ...

In a dramatic inauguration, Donald Trump took immediate action on Day 1, withdrawing from international accords like the WHO ...

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the ...

Stories with the VOA News byline are the work of multiple VOA journalists and may contain information from wire service reports. Jose Daniel Ferrer, one of Cuba's most prominent political prisoners ...

NBC News' George Solis reports on the uncertainty of the policy as a new administration prepares to take office.Jan. 17, 2025 ...

Cuba began releasing prisoners, including participants in the 2021 protests, following US plans to lift its state sponsor of terrorism designation, in a Vatican-facilitated agreement. Listen to Story ...

Prisoner releases have been slow even as families await news of their loved ones. Some analysts say Cuba could be waiting to see whether the deal still holds under Trump.

said on Fox News that "anything [the Biden administration] are doing right now, we can do back, and no-one should be under any illusion in terms of a change in Cuba policy". The Cuban government ...

Virginia in 2020 became the 38th state to ratify the bill after it sat ... The Biden administration removed Cuba from the US’ state sponsors of terrorism list, a move likely to be reversed by Trump’s ...