HAVANA -- The charges by the U.S. government against Cuban Revolution leader Raul Castro are a "political maneuver" with no legal basis whatsoever, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Wednesday.
Diaz-Canel said on X that the charges "only reveal the arrogance and frustration of the empire's representatives in the face of the unwavering resolve of the Cuban Revolution and the unity and moral strength of its leadership."
Earlier on Wednesday, a grand jury from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida indicted Raul Castro for his alleged role in ordering the striking down of two planes operated by a Cuban exile group in the United States named "Brothers to the Rescue" in 1996. (Cuba-US-Indictment)
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LA PAZ -- Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz announced on Wednesday he will make changes to his cabinet and create an economic and social council to bring together various social and regional sectors of the country.
The announcement represents the government's first attempt at political restructuring since protests broke out in late April, with demonstrators demanding the resignation of the president, who took office in November. (Bolivia-Cabinet)
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BEIRUT -- Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon overnight into Wednesday killed at least 29 people, including women and children, and wounded dozens more, according to the state-run National News Agency (NNA).
The strikes hit several towns in the South and Nabatieh governorates, targeting residential neighborhoods, areas near a government hospital, and a motorcycle on a road, the NNA said. (Lebanon-Israel-Conflicts)
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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns "in the strongest terms" the Israeli authorities' decision to establish military facilities at the UNRWA Sheikh Jarrah compound in East Jerusalem they seized in January, his spokesperson said on Wednesday.
"These unprecedented and escalatory measures against UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) are a breach of the inviolability of United Nations premises. They constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the clear mandate of the General Assembly for UNRWA's continued operations in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem," spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. (UN-UNRWA-Israel) Enditem
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