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The Turkish Cypriots will hold legislative elections on December 6, with a bill setting out the timetable for the elections passing through the legislature on Monday night. As such, legislative and ...

Anti-migrant protests in two South African cities including Johannesburg’s Soweto township turned violent on Thursday, with the government blaming disinformation over a court ruling on asylum seekers. In coastal ...

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet Ukrainian representatives on Friday in Miami to discuss new ideas and proposals for addressing the war in Ukraine, an American source ...

British police on Thursday said that search warrants they secured to search properties linked to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had been issued unlawfully and must be quashed, but said the investigation into ...

Police on Thursday placed under arrest a 30-year-old man in connection with the firing of a shot in the centre of Paphos. The suspect, escorted by an attorney, reportedly turned ...

South Korea will recall its ambassador to Ukraine, the foreign minister said on Thursday, following a dispute over President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s announcement that two North Korean prisoners of war ...

Hundreds of teachers from public schools demonstrated at the presidential palace on Thursday afternoon, voicing opposition to a proposed change in the appointments system that they fear will leave many ...

One of the two bodies recovered on Wednesday from the seas surrounding the wreckage of a ferry which sank off the coast of Kyrenia in August was on Thursday identified ...

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US will not launch an attack on Iran before November’s US midterm congressional elections, asserting that the two countries are having “...

Labour Minister Marinos Mousiouttas on Thursday struck a buoyant note over ongoing talks on pension reform, but trade unions reiterated that their key concerns have not been allayed. The minister ...

Former Disy leader Averof Neophytou on Thursday praised as “wise” and “responsible” his successor Annita Demetriou’s decision to withdraw her candidacy for the 2028 presidential elections, leaving him and former ...

Russian technology and AI company Yandex said on Thursday it could not yet determine whether equipment at a data centre hit by a Ukrainian drone attack could be restored. Yandex ...

Two final performances remain this week as the Cultural Festival of the University of Cyprus wraps up its 29th edition at Axiothea Mansion. A festival that began in early summer ...

FIFA President Gianni Infantino promised further resources for Africa as the continent’s 54 member associations on Thursday pledged their unconditional support for his reelection in March in a big boost ...

Major disagreements emerged in parliament on Thursday during the opening discussion of a proposed overhaul and consolidation of the civil protection and crisis management systems. Under the proposed legislation, a ...

Three sheep and goat farms in the Nicosia and Limassol districts have been affected by bluetongue, with 46 animals infected and 10 deaths recorded so far, veterinary services director Christodoulos Pipis said ...

Pan-European centre right political group the European People’s Party on Thursday said that it will offer its support at the 2028 elections to whomever Disy nominates as its candidate following ...

MPs on the House defence committee demanded on Thursday the government find new sites for the Kalo Chorio firing range in Larnaca, citing risks to nearby homes and a wildfire ...

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho joked that he may not live to see the end of Manchester City’s legal battle with the Premier League after the club appealed a ...

Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Ramon Vega said on Wednesday he intends to stand in next year’s Fifa presidential election against fellow Swiss Gianni Infantino, becoming the first candidate to ...

Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores both were hit with an additional US criminal charge on Thursday stemming from accusations they tortured political opponents to retain ...

For the third consecutive year, XM, a FinTech company with strong momentum and international reach, has been named among Europe’s 100 best employers on the 2026 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work ...

The Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) will suspend trading in the 7th issue of Cyprus’ 13-week Treasury Bills for 2026 from October 20 to October 22, ahead of their delisting on October 23. The suspension ...

Disy leader Annita Demetriou has withdrawn from the contest for the party’s 2028 presidential nomination, leaving Averof Neophytou and George Pamboridis to compete for it. Consultations had begun earlier in ...