Hurricane Ida made landfall Friday as a Category 1 hurricane on the southwestern coast of Cuba.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on August 20, 2021.

The United States has imposed sanctions on three senior Cuban officials, claiming they were involved in the government’s crackdown on US-inspired protests last month.

The US Treasury Department imposes new sanctions against two Cuban Interior Ministry officials and a military unit, claiming they were involved in the government’s crackdown on US-inspired protests last month.

China calls on the United States to immediately and fully lift its sanctions and decades-long embargo against Cuba, and to stop making excuses to interfere in and destabilize the small Caribbean island.

Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler has grabbed his fourth successive Olympic gold medal.

Cuban diplomat blasts the Western media for 'their 'deliberate' disinformation campaign.

Richard Medhurst speaks with Marlen Redondo, the Chargée d’Affaires of the Republic of Cuba’s Embassy and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Vienna about the disinformation campaign by the United States regarding the protests in the Caribbean nation.

Cuba has called for an end to the “inhuman” US blockade against the Caribbean island nation.

In Washington, hundreds rallied outside the White House calling for an end to the US blockade of Cuba, despite repeated attempts by a large contingent of right-wing Cuban expatriates to silence them.