At the height of the Cold War, on 1 January 1959 ... coupled with similarities of ideology, pushed Cuba into the arms of the Soviet Union. So began years of dangerous political manoeuvring ...

A group of Russian Navy ships, including a nuclear-powered submarine, arrived in Cuba on Wednesday morning in a sign of ...

The UN resolution seeks to normalize US-Cuba trade relations, which have been frozen since John F. Kennedy’s administration imposed the embargo after the 1962 Missile Crisis.

By deftly manipulating the opportunities afforded Cuba by the Cold War, he managed to turn his island into a launching pad for the projection of his leadership throughout the world. Castro's ...

Young men lured by high salaries and Russian citizenship in return for a year's service are now trapped on frontline indefinitely ...

The ensuing confrontation brought the US and the Soviet Union closer to nuclear warfare than at any other point during the Cold War. Iran’s ties with Cuba have also been strengthened in recent ...

Havana Club will keep churning out its famously smooth rum even as Cuba's sugar cane harvests plummet to historic lows and ...

warning that the measures could be quickly rolled back and that the Cold War-era U.S. trade embargo against Cuba remained. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, may seek to revive the sanctions ...

Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some ... tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict ...

Cuba, Syria, Egypt, Angola and more than a dozen... Here’s What You Need To Remember: Armored vehicles, submarines, and missiles saw huge gains in effectiveness during the Cold War. The Cold War ...