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The Kyrenia district village of Karpasha is a “point of reference” for tradition and cultural heritage during the Christmas period, humanitarian affairs commissioner Anna Aristotelous said on Saturday. Speaking at ...

A 30-year-old man appeared in court on Saturday charged with having deliberately started a fire in an apartment which led to his 70-year-old mother being admitted to intensive care with ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

The Greek Cypriot side is “awaiting an official response” regarding a meeting of President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar over the prospect of opening new crossing points ...

By Caleb Ferguson and Sabine Allida It’s the time of year for workplace Christmas parties, and gatherings with family and friends. Maybe you’ll drink a lot in one ...

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 ...

A dead body was found on a construction site in the Paphos district village of Kissonerga on Saturday. Paphos police assistant operations director Michalis Nikolaou said the body was found ...

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 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 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 ...

“There is no Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, but a Turkish Republic of Cyprus,” Turkish parliamentary defence committee chairman and ruling AK Party MP Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. Akar, ...

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, ...

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday apologised to Azerbaijan’s leader for what the Kremlin called a “tragic incident” over Russia in which an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after Russian air ...

By Lindsay Middleton A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published in 1843. Over the course of the 19th century, his depictions of the Christmas turkey and charitable spirit were reprinted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Construction of the new Morphou hospital will be completed in 2025, the north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel said on Friday night. He was speaking after the signing of a new ...

By Philippa Tracy Three founding members of the Cyprus Residents Planning Group (CRPG), have been recognised for their services to the UK community in Cyprus. The organisation was set up ...

Japan’s government is set to compile a record $735 billion budget for the fiscal year from April due to larger social security and debt-servicing costs, adding to the industrial world’...

Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim arrived at Old Trafford a little over a month ago with a glowing reputation and backed by many to be the man to turn around ...

Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka is set to be sidelined for more than two months after an operation on a hamstring injury, manager Mikel Arteta said on Friday.“He had a ...

More snow is likely to fall in the mountains on Saturday, with clouds covering most of the island and rain set to fall on lower ground, particularly in the west ...