Cyprus ‘deeply saddened’ by Korea plane crash
Cyprus’ foreign ministry on Sunday said it was “deeply saddened” by the aeroplane crash which occurred in South Korea earlier in the day and killed almost 180 people.
It offered its “...
2024 in Review
Doomed from the start: the Amalthea aid corridor
THE HORRORS inflicted upon Gaza in the last 15 months have invoked an urge to do something to feel like one is not simply a bystander and is on the right ...
Azerbaijan’s president says crashed plane was shot at from Russia
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said on Sunday that a passenger plane that crashed last week, killing 38 people, had been damaged by shooting from the ground in Russia, and he said ...
Turkey announces $14bn regional development plan for Kurdish southeast
Turkey announced on Sunday a $14 billion (€13.4bn) regional development plan that aims to reduce the economic gap between its mainly Kurdish southeast region and the rest of the country.
The ...
Croats vote in presidential election, with incumbent favoured in polls
Croats are voting to elect a new president on Sunday in a race that incumbent President Zoran Milanovic is leading in the polls.
Around 3.8 million Croats are eligible to cast ...
Syria’s de facto leader says holding elections could take up to four years
Holding elections in Syria could take up to four years, Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview with Al Arabiya on Sunday, the first time he ...
New Georgian president sworn in; predecessor says he is not legitimate leader
Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia on Sunday amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in ...
Fiery plane crash kills 179 in worst airline disaster in South Korea
The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed and skidded off the end of the runway, erupting in a fireball as it ...
Gazprom says it will stop gas exports to Moldova from January 1
Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Saturday it would suspend gas exports to Moldova from 5am GMT on January 1 due to unpaid debt by Moldova.It said the company reserved ...
Lebanon returns 70 officers and soldiers to Syria, security official says
Lebanon expelled around 70 Syrian officers and soldiers on Saturday, returning them to Syria after they crossed into the country illegally via informal routes, a Lebanese security official and a war ...
Israel detains medics after hospital raid, health officials say
Israeli forces detained dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, the enclave’s Health Ministry said.The Israeli military raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital ...
Thousands protest in Turkey to demand bigger hike in minimum wage
Thousands of people protested in Turkey’s capital Ankara on Saturday to demand a bigger hike in the minimum wage, chanting slogans calling on the government to resign and waving ...
Finland moves tanker suspected of undersea cable damage closer to port
Finnish authorities said on Saturday they are moving an impounded tanker closer to port after boarding the vessel carrying Russian oil earlier this week on suspicion it had damaged an ...
British PM Keir Starmer’s brother dies aged 60
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s younger brother Nick has died after struggling with cancer, a Downing Street spokesman said on Friday.“Nick, 60, died peacefully on the afternoon of December 26...
Austria to purchase 12 Italian fighter jets
Austria plans to buy 12 Italian-made M-346 FA fighter jets to replace Saab 105 planes which it decommissioned at the end of 2020, the government said on Saturday.Citing military sources, newspaper Krone ...
UK’s Starmer asks regulators to prioritise economic growth, Sky reports
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has asked the country’s regulators, including the financial and competition watchdogs, to remove barriers to growth in an effort to revive a sluggish economy, ...
Afghan Taliban forces target ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for airstrikes
Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighbouring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defence ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside Afghanistan.The statement from the ...
WHO chief describes ordeal during Israeli strike on Yemen airport
The head of the World Health Organisation said on Friday he was not sure he was going to survive an air strike on Yemen’s main airport carried out by ...
Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian plot to kill officer and a blogger
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Saturday it had foiled a plot by Ukraine to kill a high-ranking Russian officer and a pro-Russian war blogger with a bomb ...
Trump’s win and his place in history
By Ioannis Tirkides
History is not just the outcome of personalities, competing platforms, or a matter of chance. It can be all of that at times. But history is cumulative ...
Britain consults on easing electric car rules to save jobs
Britain began a consultation this week to review rules that force automakers to produce more electric vehicles, following industry warnings that the current plan could lead to factory closures and ...
Russia warns US against possible nuclear testing under Trump
Russia’s point man for arms control cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday against resuming nuclear testing, saying Moscow would keep its own options open amid what he ...
Turkey aims to provide power to Syria, collaborate on oil, gas
Turkey aims to provide electricity to Syria and strengthen its power infrastructure, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was quoted on Friday as saying, adding that Ankara may also work with Syria’...
NASA spacecraft ‘safe’ after closest-ever approach to Sun
NASA said on Friday that its Parker Solar Probe was “safe” and operating normally after successfully completing the closest-ever approach to the Sun by any human-made object.
The spacecraft passed ...