Imperialism persists as the US-backed West seeks to reassert dominance through neocolonialism, compelling the Global Majority to unite against the threat evident in US imperial actions across Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and Gaza.

Here are Press TV's latest top stories at 09:00 GMT, on February 16, 2026.

Iran says economic sanctions against Cuba clearly violate the fundamental principles of the UN Charter and international law.

The United Nations has sounded the alarm over the energy crisis in Cuba after it was cut off by the Trump administration from fuel supplied by Venezuela.

Africa throws its support behind Cuba as new US oil sanctions tighten the noose on an island already enduring a nearly seventy-year embargo.

Russia pledges to provide “all possible assistance” to Cuba as the United States intensifies its illegal blockade of oil supplies to the Caribbean country.

Cuba has suspended airline refueling due to US-imposed sanctions and pressure that have disrupted the island’s oil supplies.