15 CUBAN DIPLOMATS ORDERED TO LEAVE U.S.

The State Department ordered 15 Cuban diplomats to leave the U.S. from its Washington embassy, a move prompted by the mysterious illness affecting U.S. diplomatic personnel and family members in Havana. The U.S. last week decided to cut its own embassy staff in Havana by similar numbers “to minimize the number of diplomats at risk of exposure to harm.” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said he ordered the expulsion because of “Cuba’s failure to take appropriate steps to protect our diplomats.”