Topic: Jose Marti

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has suspended all private charter flights to Cuba, in a move to deprive the Caribbean nation of a revenue source.

A Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff in Cuba on Friday, officials at Jose Marti International Airport said.

On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 72 seconds after launch from Cape Canaveral, killing all seven crew members, including civilian teacher Christa McAuliffe.

Obama met with Cuban President Raul Castro early Monday to begin the first face-to-face communications with the island's leader in nearly 90 years.

President Barack Obama landed in Cuba on Sunday, beginning a historic trip aimed at normalizing relations with the Communist-run island nation.

While visiting Cuba on Saturday, Pope Francis commended the restoration of diplomatic relations and easing of tensions between the United States and Cuba.

JetBlue announced this week it has begun offering direct charter flights from New York City to Havana, Cuba -- the first major American airline to do so.

A doctor from Cuba who contracted the Ebola virus while treating infected patients in West Africa has recovered and returned to Havana.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014.

Ex-U.S. contractor Alan Gross on the fourth anniversary of his Cuba captivity appealed to President Obama to intercede in his case, saying he feels "abandoned."