Biden, Saudis call for Israeli restraint as Gaza suffers another bloody day
Pressure grew on Israel on Monday from its staunch ally the United States and from Middle East powers to ease up on its assault on Gaza as its forces inflicted ...
Cuellar expected in New York for contacts with UN on Cyprus
The UN Secretary-General’s newly-appointed personal envoy for Cyprus, Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar, is expected to arrive this week in New York, where she is to hold a series of ...
Illegal workers arrested
Police said on Monday they arrested 13 persons for illegal employment and illegal work during sweeps at several premises across the island over the weekend.
The police checks took place in ...
North’s CTP lists concerns over property sales to foreigners
Political party CTP in the north on Monday finally weighed in on the arrest of Turkish Cypriot lawyer Akan Kursat, whose wife is a CTP ‘MP’, following Kursat’s arrest ...
Germany legend Beckenbauer dies aged 78
Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer, one of football’s greatest players who captained his country to World Cup glory in 1974 and won the tournament again as manager in 1990, has died at ...
‘Journalists should not be targets in conflicts’
Journalists should not be targeted in conflict flashpoints, the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Cyprus said on Monday, following the death of three more journalists in Gaza a ...
The Visit in theatres until end of January
The Visit is a tragicomic 1956 play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt now being presented in Cyprus by the Cyprus Theatre Organisation. Translated to Greek and directed by Neophytos Taliotis, ...
Man ‘too drunk to remember’ stealing lorry
A man appeared in court on Monday accused of stealing a lorry and driving it to the north but told the court he was “too drunk to be able to ...
Forestry Department head defends Akamas roadworks
The roads being built in Akamas are not wider than originally planned, the outgoing head of the forestry department Charalambos Alexandrou said on Monday, in a swansong statement on the ...
Nearly 250 Palestinians killed in run-up to Blinken visit
Gaza health officials reported the highest daily death toll so far this year on Monday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured Arab states before heading for Israel ...
Risks looming for the economy – Fiscal Council
The short-term outlook for the economy is a positive one, but risks could loom in the longer term, the Fiscal Council said on Monday.
Michalis Persianis, chair of the Fiscal ...
Driver in New Year fatal accident to face trial
A 44-year-old man suspected of manslaughter following a car accident that killed four people on New Year’s day will be sent to criminal court for trial, Limassol District Court ...
City’s De Bruyne reconnected with family during post-surgery recovery
Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne used his time away from football during to a post-operation recovery period to reconnect with his family, the midfielder said after his first game ...
Western allies seek rapid end to Gaza war as Israel presses on
The United States and its allies in the Group of Seven are seeking a quick way out of the military phase of the Gaza conflict, Italy said on Monday, as ...
EUREKA Massalias hosts lavish charity fashion show
EUREKA Massalias has always kept up with the latest fashion trends, tied to the brand’s care for clothes and preserving garments in their original beauty. Nevertheless, through fashion and ...
Two still on the run after Nicosia murder
The two men who killed 45-year-old Ayca Alav in Nicosia’s walled city are still on the run, police inspector Huseyin Zaifer told a court in the north on Monday.
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‘No disagreement’ at National Council over UN envoy
There is “no disagreement” between President Nikos Christodoulides and political party leaders on the Cyprus problem, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday.
Speaking after a National Council meeting held ...
Israeli strike on Lebanon kills senior commander in elite Hezbollah unit
An Israeli strike on south Lebanon on Monday killed a senior commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force, three security sources told Reuters.
The security sources identified him as Wissam ...
Four ministers out as reshuffle announced (update 3)
President Nikos Christodoulides replaced four of his ministers on Monday in a partial reshuffle that had been widely anticipated.
Effective from Wednesday, Vasilis Palmas will take over from Michalis Giorgallas ...
Bill to legalise conscientious objection rejected in north (Update)
A bill which would have legalised conscientious objection in the north was rejected by a majority vote in ‘parliament’ on Monday.
The bill, which had been put forward by opposition ...
Mass killer Breivik sues Norway in bid to end prison isolation
Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, appeared in a court set up in his prison on Monday to ...
India’s top court quashes release of men in Muslim woman’s gang-rape
India’s top court on Monday quashed the release of 11 Hindu men who had been jailed for life for gang-raping a pregnant Muslim woman and murdering her relatives during Hindu-Muslim ...
Four killed in combined Russian air strike on Ukraine
Russia sent dozens of missiles across Ukraine early on Monday, killing at least four civilians and hitting residential areas and commercial sites in its latest combined air attack, Ukrainian authorities ...
‘Indiscriminately striking’ civilians is war crime, pope says in major speech
Pope Francis, tackling conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine in his yearly address to diplomats, said on Monday that “indiscriminately striking” civilians is a war crime because it violates ...