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What is ‘Havana syndrome’, linked to a Russian intelligence unit?

April 02, 2024 11:20 am

According to a joint media intelligence, members of a Russian military intelligence unit could have targeted the brains of US officials by using “directed energy” weapons.

No evidence of Havana syndrome brain injury, US study finds

March 18, 2024 10:08 pm

Study participants, including personnel who had been stationed in Cuba, China, Vienna and the United States, underwent a battery of clinical, auditory, balance, visual, neuropsychological and blood testing.

Centre to look into 'Havana Syndrome': What it means and the term's history

August 08, 2023 6:08 pm

The Central govt has told the Karnataka High Court that it will look into the matter of ‘Havana Syndrome’ in India, in response to a Bengaluru resident’s recent petition.

Investigate possibility of Havana Syndrome In India, Karnataka High Court directs Centre

August 07, 2023 8:36 am

Havana Syndrome refers to a set of mental health symptoms that are said to be experienced by United States intelligence and embassy officials in various countries.

US diplomats, spies may have been hit by electromagnetic energy - report

February 03, 2022 4:41 pm

Some of the 1,000 US diplomats and intelligence officers hit by a mysterious illness known as Havana Syndrome could have been targeted by electromagnetic energy pulses, according to a report to US intelligence leaders.

Antony Blinken says US working on Havana Syndrome after diplomats' illnesses in Paris, Geneva

January 14, 2022 3:25 pm

🔴 Antony Blinken said the entire federal government is working to get to the bottom of the illness, which has afflicted about 200 U.S. diplomats, officials and family members overseas.

US refines tool to evaluate Havana syndrome cases

January 14, 2022 2:24 pm

The “anomalous health incidents,” as the government calls them, started in 2016, when CIA officers and diplomats serving in Havana reported strange sounds and other sensations, then experienced headaches, nausea and dizziness.

Cases of ‘Havana Syndrome’ reported at US embassy in Colombia

October 13, 2021 10:38 am

It was not clear how many people at the embassy in Bogotá, the Colombian capital, might have been afflicted by the mysterious illness and its symptoms of headaches, nausea, dizziness and memory loss

Biden signs legislation to compensate victims of mysterious ‘Havana Syndrome’

October 09, 2021 12:26 pm

While some officials are convinced that the Havana syndrome is the result of attacks and that one or more rival powers are responsible, intelligence agencies have yet to come to any firm conclusions.

CIA Vienna station chief removed amid 'Havana syndrome' criticism: report

September 24, 2021 6:09 pm

CIA Director William Burns said in July that about 100 CIA officers and family members were among some 200 US officials and kin sickened by Havana syndrome.

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