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Cyprus court renews detention of 5 Israelis accused of gang raping British woman
A Cyprus court on Tuesday extended the detention of five Israelis for another six days after a British woman accused them of gang-raping her in a ... Middle East -
Israel’s proposes fiber optic highway from Asia to Europe via Israel, Cyprus
Israel’s prime minister on Sunday floated the idea of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in Asia and the ... Middle East -
20 arrests made after racism-fueled attacks on migrants in Cyprus
Police in Cyprus have made 20 arrests after a spate of racism-fuelled violence against migrants which erupted in the west of the island last week and ... World News -
French-Israeli diamond tycoon arrested in Cyprus on Romanian extradition warrant
French-Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz was arrested in Cyprus on a Romanian warrant seeking his extradition over an unserved sentence, his ... World News -
US backs Chevron in dispute with Cyprus over giant gas field
The United States has weighed into a dispute between Cyprus and international companies led by Chevron over how to develop a giant offshore gas field, ... Energy -
Cyprus police arrest 21 people after violent anti-immigrant clashes
Cyprus police arrested 21 people late Monday after violent clashes involving immigrants and residents of a community in the west of the island which ... World News -
Cyprus authorities rescue 86 migrants near southeast coast
Cypriot authorities rescued 86 migrants on Sunday after their boat got into difficulty 12 nautical miles off the Mediterranean island’s southeast ... World News -
UN peacekeepers hurt in Cyprus buffer zone clash with Turkish forces
Scuffles broke out between United Nations peacekeepers and Turkish Cypriot security forces in ethnically split Cyprus on Friday over unauthorized ... World News -
Iran’s Nour News dismisses Israel report of capturing Iranian agent
Iran’s state-run Nour News said on Friday Israel’s report that it had foiled an attack in Cyprus by capturing an Iranian agent was an effort to cover ... Middle East -
Cyprus emergency services save 45 Syrian migrants from boats in distress
Cypriot emergency services rescued 45 Syrian migrants from two boats after receiving information that they were in distress near a coastal tourist ... World News -
Cyprus murder trial Briton says sick wife begged him to help her die
A British pensioner on trial for murder over the death of his terminally ill wife told a Cyprus court on Monday she had repeatedly begged him to end ... World News -
Cyprus, US, Ireland working together to train Ukrainian deminers
Cyprus’ defense minister says the island nation is working together with Irish and US military experts to help train two groups of Ukrainian personnel ... World News -
Britain says it will end its Sudan evacuations on Saturday
Britain said on Friday it would cease its evacuations of nationals and other eligible people from Sudan on Saturday as demand for spaces on its ... Middle East -
Fire damages Russian cultural center in Cyprus, investigation ongoing
A fire caused extensive damage to a Russian cultural center in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Wednesday, the fire brigade said, saying its cause was ... World News -
First British evacuees from Sudan arrive in Cyprus
The first British civilians evacuated from Sudan arrived on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday, Cyprus’s foreign ministry said, airlifted out by Britain ... Middle East -
Cyprus offers to assist in evacuations from Sudan
Cyprus said on Tuesday it had activated a humanitarian rescue mechanism for the evacuation of third-country civilians through the island from ... Middle East -
Cyprus says will not tolerate sanctions-busting amid scrutiny
Cyprus on Wednesday said it would not tolerate any deviation from EU sanctions on Russia, and said it was in touch with the US and Britain after a ... World News -
Cyprus court detains Syrian suspected of migrant trafficking
A Cyprus court on Saturday ordered the detention for six days of a Syrian man suspected of illegally bringing 21 Syrian migrants to the east ... Middle East -
New Cyprus leader says hopes to rekindle peace process
The incoming Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides on Thursday held his first meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar to try and break the ... World News -
Top 5 most devastating earthquakes: From Sichuan to Haiti, latest in Turkey and Syria
Throughout history, many formidable earthquakes have resulted in untold casualties and devastated communities. Here are the top five deadliest earthquakes in history. Features -
Cyprus’s Archbishop Chrysostomos, a critic of Putin’s Ukraine invasion, dies aged 81
The head of Cyprus’s dominant Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, died on Monday, his doctors said. He was 81. A forceful ... World News -
Clashes erupt at Cyprus migrant center, fires lit
Clashes broke out and fires were lit at an overcrowded reception center for migrants in Cyprus on Friday, police and witnesses said.Thick plumes of ... World News -
Cyprus, EU launch project to link electricity grids via underwater cable
Cyprus launched an EU-funded project Friday to link the eastern Mediterranean island to the European electricity grid via an undersea power cable ... World News -
Death toll from migrant boat wrecks in Greek waters increases to 23
The death toll from two migrant boat wrecks in Greek waters this week - one of which prompted a dramatic cliffside rescue - has climbed to at least ... World News -
Turkish Cypriots give UN peacekeepers ultimatum: Report
The self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has given peacekeepers on the island a deadline of one month to leave if the United Nations does ... World News -
Turkey to re-inforce military presence in northern Cyprus: Erdogan
Turkey will re-inforce its military presence in northern Cyprus after the United States lifted defense trade restrictions on Cyprus, Turkish President ... World News -
Cyprus welcomes ‘landmark’ US decision to lift arms embargo
Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades welcomed Saturday a “landmark” decision by Washington to fully lift a decades-old arms embargo, conditional on ... World News -
Turkey condemns US decision on Cyprus arms embargo
Turkey’s foreign ministry said on Saturday it strongly condemned the expansion of a decision taken by the United States in September 2020 to lift its ... Middle East -
Cyprus politicians, lawyer face trial in ‘golden passport’ scandal
Politicians and a lawyer accused of selling Cyprus passports to dubious investors, exposed by a sting operation that ended the ... World News -
Cyprus police arrest Ukrainian woman ‘holding knife’ at Russia celebration
Cypriot police have arrested a Ukrainian woman suspected of threatening a group of Russians with a knife as they celebrated their National Flag Day, ... World News