Cuban President Raul Castro will step down in April 2018 straight after his successor is chosen by a top governing council, according to a vote in the island state's National Assembly.The decision means Castro, 86, will stay on two months longer than previously anticipated.He was to have stepped ...

HAVANA: Cuba said its foreign minister met with his North Korean counterpart in Havana on Wednesday and both rejected the United States’ “unilateral and arbitrary” demands while expressing concern about escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.North Korea is searching for support amid ...