Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

International News Briefs for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, October 1, 2025.

Tom McGory from Canada took our photo of the day: “Landscape in Toronto, Canada”.

In the long agony after the collapse of the socialist bloc in Eastern Europe, those still in power in Cuba were forced to shed some weight.

On Friday, September 26, the World Health Organization reported four more hospitals forced to close in the north of the war-torn Gaza Strip.

As the Israeli blockade of Gaza continues, a nearly 50-boat flotilla carrying humanitarian aid is some 150 nautical miles from Gaza.

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

Let’s hope prior to any debate, Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans & Salvadorans can agree that we’re all suffering under dictatorships.

On September 28, 1960, the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs) were founded, and they have just marked another anniversary.

“I’m not good at just asking for money”: one draws, another sings, and the third seeks out foreigners to “practice languages.”