Archive January 2026

The United Nations climate change conference, known as COP30, recently held in Brazil, was a landmark one. It was the tenth since the Paris Conference, in which a binding agreement ...

The demonstrations began again in Iran last week, only two years after the ‘Woman! Life! Freedom!’ movement convulsed the country for months. However, the current protests are potentially much broader ...

First-half goals from Leonardo Spinazzola and Amir Rrahmani helped Napoli claim a 2-0 victory at Lazio on Sunday in a heated contest that featured three red cards. The result left ...

Leeds United and Manchester United played out a 1-1 draw in the Premier League on Sunday after Brenden Aaronson’s opener was cancelled out by Matheus Cunha in three chaotic ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday held a telephone conversation in which they discussed, among other matters, the Great Sea Interconnector and the planned ‘India-Middle ...

With 2026 upon us, cultural organisers are busy gearing up for a new events agenda. Performances and productions are lined up to take place at the Rialto Theatre throughout January. The ...

Bangladesh will not play their Twenty20 World Cup matches in India after Mustafizur Rahman was released by his Indian Premier League team amid growing tensions between the countries, Bangladesh’s ...

Italian paleontologists have uncovered thousands of dinosaur footprints on a near-vertical rock face more than 2,000 metres above sea level in the Stelvio National Park, a discovery they say is among ...

It’s not often you meet a dog who has seen more of the world than the average person, but Oli is no ordinary dog. A compact, good-natured mix of ...

The United States advised airlines on Saturday that its Caribbean airspace curbs would expire at midnight ET (8am Cyprus time) and flights could resume as schedules are quickly updated, Transportation ...

As Cyprus cautiously revisits the idea of a bicommunal, bizonal federation – which I often describe as BBF 2.0 – it might be tempting to rely on the familiar pillars of security and ...

At least 16 people have been killed during a week of unrest in Iran, rights groups said on Sunday, as protests over soaring inflation spread across the country prompting violent clashes ...

Teenagers as young as 14 and 15 years old were among those who died in the bar fire on New Year’s Eve that killed 40 people in Switzerland, police said on Sunday, ...

It’s that time of the year again and also probably good news that Cyprus does not seem to feature in the Doomsday predictions for 2026. That doesn’t mean that ...

Flights to and from Cyprus were impacted after Greece temporarily closed its airspace on Sunday due to what it described as “a technical problem with radio frequencies”. The Cypriot transport ...

More than 30,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid have been delivered to Cyprus via Cyprus’ Amalthea aid corridor since the corridor was created, Foreign Minister Constantinos Komnos said on Sunday. “Since the ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos on Sunday called on Turkey to “seize the opportunity” with regard to Cyprus and the possibility of making progress in the country’s relations with the ...

Venezuela’s toppled leader Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after United States President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture ...

Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Sunday called for the rule of law, human rights, civilisation, and peace to be the “foundation” of the global order in a statement released ...

A 62-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly setting his own car on fire, the police said on Sunday. According to the police, the car was set on fire in ...

A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a power tool, the police said on Sunday. The tool had been stolen on Friday, with the police’...

Cyprus was the likely launchpad for strikes conducted by the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force against Islamic State targets in Syria on Saturday night. The British government announced late ...

Sunday’s weather is expected to be mostly clear across most of the island, though this will be tempered by some cloud cover. Temperatures are expected to rise to 17 degrees ...

Living buildings, quantum computers, safety by design, home robots and AI-assisted pandemic preparedness. Europe’s researchers are reshaping how we live, work and design our cities in 2026. By Anthony King ...