Cuba's economy has been in freefall since the pandemic. Lisandra Botey and her family in Havana say they cook with firewood at home. "Every day is the same hunger, the same misery", says her husband Brenei Hernández.
A court in India has dismissed a corruption case against former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal nearly two years after his arrest and months of detention. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader was arrested in March 2024, weeks before India's general election, over a liquor policy that authorities alleged gave undue advantages to private retailers.
The Swedish government stated that a drone spotted near a French aircraft carrier in Malmö and jammed by Swedish military was probably Russian.
Pakistan conducted airstrikes on Afghan territory on Friday, retaliating against a major offensive by the Afghan Taliban on Pakistani military positions near the border.
The Cuban Revolution of 1959 brought to power a government that rescued the country from poverty and corruption. Yet today, Havana resident Lisandra Botey identifies more with the impoverished woman in a museum photograph than with the revolutionaries. Her home is cobbled together with sheet metal and wood, and the family must search for firewood on the beach daily to cook.
Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail with a mission to secure Republican victories in the upcoming midterm elections. At a January rally in Iowa, Trump declared: "We've got to win the midterms."
The US military used a laser to shoot down a Customs and Border Protection drone, members of Congress said, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to close airspace near El Paso, Texas.
Pakistan has accused Afghanistan's Taliban of serving as a "proxy" for India, as hostilities escalate between Islamabad and Kabul.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in an interview with Sky News that there is currently a "window of opportunity" to end the conflict before the US Congressional midterm elections.
Kazakhstan's Health Minister Akmaral Alnazarova commented on February 27 on preliminary audit data from the Social Health Insurance Fund published by the Ministry of Finance.
Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan on Friday, retaliating against a major offensive by the Afghan Taliban on Pakistani military posts near the border.
Pakistan has declared "open war" with Afghanistan's Taliban government, with explosions reported in Kabul and ongoing clashes along the border. Pakistan says it has also attacked Kandahar and Paktika provinces inside Afghanistan.