Oct 20 U.S. says 2 more American victims confirmed in Cuba attacks By Josh Lederman, Associated Press Two more U.S. government workers have been confirmed to be victims of invisible attacks in Cuba, the United States said Friday, raising the total to 24. Continue reading
Oct 12 LISTEN: What Americans heard in mysterious sonic attacks in Havana By Josh Lederman and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press The Associated Press has obtained a recording of what some U.S. Embassy workers heard in Havana in a series of unnerving incidents later deemed to be deliberate attacks. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 3:54 News Wrap: U.S. orders Cuban diplomats to leave By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration ordered 15 Cuban diplomats to leave the U.S. within a week as a way to match the withdrawal of U.S. diplomats in Havana, who suffered from unexplained illnesses. Also, The Pentagon is… Continue watching
Oct 03 U.S. plans to tell Cuba to remove most of its embassy staff By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration will tell Cuba on Tuesday to withdraw 60 percent of its diplomats from Washington, American officials said. The move is a direct consequence of last week's U.S. move to cut its own embassy staff in Havana by… Continue reading
Oct 02 Trial begins for suspected mastermind of Benghazi attacks By Deb Riechmann, Associated Press A trial of the suspected mastermind of the 2012 Benghazi, Libya, attacks will unfold this week in a federal courtroom in Washington, three years after he was captured by U.S. special forces in Libya and brought to the U.S. on… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 6:45 What happens to U.S.-Cuba relations amid mysterious attacks on diplomats? By PBS News Hour The State Department ordered all non-emergency embassy staff in Cuba to leave the island on Friday after 21 workers suffered mysterious ailments, including hearing loss, dizziness and headaches. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Josh Lederman of the Associated Press and María… Continue watching
Sep 29 AP report: U.S. urges no travel to Cuba, cuts embassy staff By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 percent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travelers not to visit due to "specific attacks" that have harmed U.S. diplomats. Continue reading
Sep 17 Top U.S. diplomat says closing Embassy in Cuba 'under review' By Josh Lederman, Associated Press The Trump administration is considering closing down the recently reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana following a string of unexplained incidents harming the health of American diplomats in Cuba. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:32 Ailments that plagued diplomats in Cuba puzzle investigators By PBS News Hour Headaches, nausea, tinnitus, even brain swelling have mysteriously afflicted more than 20 U.S. diplomats in Cuba since late 2016. It’s been difficult for investigators to figure out the cause of these symptoms. Could Americans and Canadians be victims of spy… Continue watching
Sep 14 In Cuba, mystery deepens over attacks on U.S. diplomats By Josh Lederman, Michael Weissenstein, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Suspicion initially focused on a sonic weapon, and on the Cubans. Yet the diagnosis of mild brain injury, considered unlikely to result from sound, has confounded the FBI, the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies involved in the investigation. Continue reading