Officials from Cuba and the US met this week in Havana in the latest of a series of talks which appear to be inching the dial in the direction of normalized relations.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale has been recorded at 3:57 PM off the coast of Cuba in the Straits of Florida

Alina Ortega Reyes arrived in Miami on Monday night after the U.S approved her visa so she could provide her sister, a leukemia patient with a bone marrow transplant.

South Korean soaps, or "doramas", have won big audiences in Cuba since they first hit stations earlier this year, with Cubans buying bootlegs out of apartments or passing them around by USB drive.

A series of protests in Cuba have taken a violent edge: a protest organized by the Ladies in White was interrupted by police who shoved 20 dissidents into cars and buses and detained them for several hours.

Sen. Rubio (R-Fla.), son of Cuban immigrants, has accused the Cuban government of sponsoring terrorism and criticized President Barack Obama for loosening restrictions on travel to the island.

In a letter addressed to the president last week, Gross wrote that he feared he had been "abandoned" by the US government after being sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban jail for distributing satellite communications equipment to Cuban dissidents.

The anti-apartheid crusader, who died at age 95 on Thursday, long had an warm relationship with Fidel Castro, whom he regarded as a "brother-in-arms".

"To me, Fidel Castro is like a father. I don't profess any religion, but if I did, my god would be Fidel Castro," said González, who as a boy was at the center of a diplomatic scuffle between Cuba and the United States after he was rescued off the coast of Florida from a shipwrecked raft.

The Cuban consulate in Washington DC announced on Tuesday that it would be immediately suspending all consular services until further notice: as such, it will no longer be issuing passports and travel visas to the Caribbean island.

"We want our music to endure over time and continue to charm the world," 83-year-old singer Omara Portuondo told news agency Europa Press. "That is what we have achieved with our concerts."

Since 1963, mail going between the two countries has had to travel through a third country first, but that might soon come to an end.

Endurance swimmer Diana Nyad is 2 miles away from completing her record-breaking swim from Cuba to Florida.

Over 20 restaurants will pass out of the hands of the Cuban government and into those of employees, who will lease them from the state and make management decisions on their own.

Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Monday that Cuba asked the Russian government not to let former NSA contractor Edward Snowden board a plane to Havana, inaugurating Snowden’s month of hiding out in a Moscow airport.

The US has issued a health warning to those travelling in Cuba to be aware there have been reports of tourists infected with cholera.

In an article published in Cuba state news organ Granma, the Cuban leader also mused about past relations with allies abroad and the circumstances which led to his Revolution and implied that Lee Harvey Oswald was framed in the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy.

The former Cuban leader received a national celebration and music video for his birthday.

Ángel Carromero, a young politician with Spain’s conservative Popular Party, says that Cuban state security assassinated Oswaldo Payá, a longtime activist who agitated for freedom of speech and other human rights in Cuba.

7 people in Havana have died as a result of drinking poisoned rum.

Find out when and where to watch the Gold Cup quarterfinal between Panama and Cuba.

The Cuban government said the air-defense missiles and arms seized from a North Korean ship as it made its way across the Panama Canal were “obsolete” weapons which were being sent out to be repaired and returned to the Caribbean island nation.

Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-0 win over Belize.

A North Korean ship was searched near the Panama Canal believed to have been smuggling drugs. As it turns out the ship was hiding weapons sent from Cuba to North Korea.

Cuba and Belize still have slim chances of advancing to the quarterfinals. Find out when and where to watch the CONCACAF Gold Cup match.

Find out when and where to watch the United States take on Cuba in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Michael Barrantes' goal in the 51st minute proved to be enough for Los Ticos as they took down Group C opponent Cuba in Gold Cup action.

Find out when and where to watch Cuba take on Costa Rica in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Cuba remains on the Treasury Department's list of state sponsors of terror. The Cuban government denounced its inclusion, calling it "shameful" and "discredited".

Yoani Sánchez is attending the Ortega y Gasset Award ceremony in Spain, after which she will return home to Havana. In 2008 she won the award but could not secure an exit visa to leave Cuba.