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The question comes up periodically on online forums. What happened to Muhammad Rehan Azhar? The Peshawar boxer compiled a 1-2 professional record before vanishing from public view. No fight announcements. ...

“As the valley comes alive with the vibrant colours of blooming almond trees,” says the Bee and Embroidery Museum in Kato Drys, “we can’t help but feel festive, and ...

Turkish Cypriot ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Thursday evening, with rumours abounding that he intended to use the meeting to gain Erdogan’...

Have you seen the sign at the start of the Larnaca-Nicosia highway? It’s been there for years – occasionally painted and modernised, but very much an iconic part of the ...

Poland plans to introduce new legislation to ban social media for children under 15 years of age and will hold platforms responsible for age verification, Education Minister Barbara Nowacka told Bloomberg ...

By Theo Theophanous and Takis Christodoulou Sometimes in politics and diplomacy thinking outside the box can yield results. Cyprus happens to be host to two sovereign British bases that with ...

Friday’s weather is expected to be markedly colder than recent days, with temperatures only set to reach 13 degrees Celsius inland, 15 degrees Celsius on the coast, and two degrees Celsius ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party suffered an embarrassing election defeat on Friday in an area of Greater Manchester that it had dominated for almost a century, a loss ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has issued a circular directing Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) to complete an electronic questionnaire regarding their cross-border activity during the 2025 calendar year. This ...

Pakistan bombed Taliban government forces in Afghanistan’s major cities overnight, the first time it has directly targeted its former allies, and described the situation as “open war”, raising tensions ...

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee on Thursday that she did not remember ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no ...

The European Union exported €554.0 billion worth of goods to the United States and imported €354.4 billion during 2025, resulting in a €199.6 billion trade surplus, according to Eurostat. Compared with 2024, both exports and ...

Cyprus’ tourism sector posted a record year in 2025, with its share of GDP rising to 14 per cent from 13.1 per cent, emphasising its role as a core contributor to economic growth, ...

The Cyprus Shipping Chamber (CSC) held its February members’ meeting this week, during which members were briefed on the new Cyprus tax reform framework. According to an update from the ...

Sentiment in Britain’s business and professional services sector became markedly less negative in the current quarter, ending more than a year of declines, but consumer-facing businesses remain downbeat, a ...

Tal Dilian, the Israeli national who in 2021 was cleared of all charges relating to the case of the ‘spy van’ in Larnaca, is among four people found guilty by a ...

Ever since the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy, Maria Angela Holguin, published her article about the peace process in which she expressed the view that more preparation was needed before ...

First lady Melania Trump will chair a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Monday as the U.S. takes over the monthly rotating presidency, the White House said. ...

Police on Thursday were investigating a complaint by a person reporting to have been swindled out of nearly €7,000 from a caller pretending to be working with Revolut. Authorities said the ...

The coming launch of a joint cybersecurity centre in Cyprus represents “a milestone” in reinforcing cyber resilience in the maritime sector in the Mediterranean, the Israeli government noted on Thursday. ...

Pakistani and Afghan border forces clashed on Thursday night after the Taliban launched what it called retaliatory strikes on Pakistani installations, sharply escalating tensions after days of cross-border hostilities. Afghan ...

The southwest entrance road to Athalassa park, located on Kalamon avenue near the Karaiskakio Foundation, will close for road works from 7am on Friday, February 27, until 7am on Saturday, February 28, ...

The U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, denounced on Thursday what she described as “toxic” attacks impacting her personal life and work, after a number of European ...

The House on Thursday evening amended the law on public gatherings and parades, softening up some of its provisions which critics had decried as draconian. The vote garnered 29 votes in ...