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Israeli aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in southern Gaza overnight, residents said, after it announced plans to pull back some troops, a move the U.S. said signalled a ...

A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian ocean early on Saturday, the U.S. Department of Defense said. “The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, ...

Almost 50 percent of Cyprus’ businesses experienced a cyberattack in the past year, with half of them paying an average of €27,000, the digital security authority revealed on Thursday, following two studies ...

Israeli forces uncovered a network of tunnels running deep beneath central Gaza City from properties registered to Yahya Sinwar and other senior Hamas organizers of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, ...

Lawmakers on Thursday wrapped up discussion of a bill that would criminalise the alteration or defacement of road traffic signs, making such offences carry jail time and hefty fines. The ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to make a last-ditch plea to keep military support flowing as he battles Russia, though he ...

Fashion brand Zara said on Tuesday it regretted the “misunderstanding” over an ad campaign featuring statues wrapped in white that triggered calls for a boycott by some pro-Palestinian activists, and ...

French lawmakers sent the government’s immigration bill back to the drawing board on Monday in a surprise move that cut short debates at the lower house and dealt a ...

The U.S. would object to any proposed buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip as it would violate Washington’s position that the size of the Palestinian enclave must not ...

Inclement weather in Paphos caused havoc locally, with the fire service called to assist in five separate incidents across the district. Four of the incidents involved trees being blown over ...

Tuesday will be mostly clear with temperatures at 23C in the interior, on the east and south-east coasts, 22C on the remaining coasts, and 12C in the higher mountains. Winds ...

UN aid deliveries to Gaza were suspended again on Friday due to shortages of fuel and a communications shutdown, deepening the misery of thousands of hungry and homeless Palestinians as ...

A contract was signed to increase accessibility in Nicosia’s urban centres, the press and information office said on Friday. The contract was signed on Thursday by the public works ...

Israel struck an ambulance in Gaza City on Friday that it said was carrying militants, but which health authorities in the Hamas-controlled enclave said was evacuating wounded people from the ...

The Abu Marasa family are returning to Gaza City, having fled on Friday after Israel ordered all civilians to go south or face bombardment, saying they would rather die at ...

Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strikes ...

Turkey’s military “neutralised” 26 Kurdish militants in northern Syria overnight in retaliation for a rocket attack on a Turkish base, the defence ministry said on Friday as conflict escalated nearly ...

Police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man for case of drug trafficking involving multiple parties under investigation. According to police statement, the 26-year-old was arrested for possession of 2.5kg cannabis ...

Azerbaijan has invited a United Nations mission to visit Nagorno-Karabakh “in the coming days”, the foreign ministry said on Friday, amid a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians from the region ...

In a ten-day tour of China, Jonathan Shkurko welcomes the serenity efficiency brings, and the outstanding flavours of its rich and varied cuisine In the grand mosaic of China’s ...

Firefighters were battling a blaze that threatened the Ayios Neophytos Monastery in Paphos in the early hours of Saturday, authorities said. The blaze was declared under control some five hours ...

World champions Argentina strengthened their grip at the top of the FIFA world rankings in the latest list on Thursday, with the top five remaining unchanged after the international break. ...

Firefighters brought a blaze under control along the Konstantinou Paleologou street in Paphos. The operation required four fire trucks and the assistance of two firefighting helicopters. The fire was brought ...

Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales quit his post late on Sunday after three weeks of scandal over allegations he gave an unsolicited kiss to a player on the women’...