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Georgia’s jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a new hunger strike then abandoned it within hours on Wednesday as he faced further delay in a legal bid to get medical ...

Colombia’s government on Wednesday called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group to suspend a so-called armed strike planned for the northwest of the country, after advocacy group ...

With a wary eye on China, President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the ...

A man was abducted in Paphos on Wednesday evening, police said after finding the car used to take him in Tremithousa village. According to Paphos Police Spokesman Michalis Nicolaou at 5:45 ...

A 57-year-old that was electrocuted is in a stable condition at Famagusta General, police said on Wednesday about the man who was injured in a work accident earlier in the ...

Cypriots remain amongst the most skeptical of the EU’s handling of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with 53 per cent approving overall of the bloc’s support for Kyiv. While ...

December hosts a huge variety of events: music nights, end-of-year performances, workshops and Christmas markets. This weekend even more are happening in the capital. Here is a selection of a ...

Tamasos Bishop Isaias said on Wednesday during a Q&A session that he grew up listening to Iron Maiden and ACDC – frequenting the former Africana disco in Nicosia. “Music ...

Iran was ousted from a United Nations women’s body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after ...

The Avakas gorge nature trail was closed on Wednesday afternoon due to heavy rain, the agriculture department has announced. The path will remain closed until the department of forests of ...

A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician who is seen as a strong potential challenger to ...

The forestry department has broken the law in the way in which it acquired firefighting helicopters, the auditor general said in his report on Wednesday. The service called on the ...

A Turkish Cypriot media report Greek Cypriots have been violating the buffer zone is misleading, Unficyp announced on Wednesday, following images that surfaced of Greek Cypriots moving barriers and parking ...

Relatives of murdered Turkish Cypriot businessman Halil Falyali have been organising illegal betting in northern Cyprus, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Wednesday. According to statements Soylu made to ...

The sports ethics committee handed over report on game fixing in Cyprus basketball to attorney-general George Savvides on Wednesday and informed him on their findings, which include criminal and disciplinary ...

Billionaire Elon Musk’s public condemnation of top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci is “dangerous” and “disgusting,” and should be called out, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told ...

Cyprus Airways held a press conference on Wednesday in which it presented its strategic plan for the coming five years, with CEO Paul Sies recapping the airline’s achievements and ...

Moscow said no “Christmas ceasefire” was on the cards after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine, rejecting a call by Kyiv to start withdrawing troops by Christmas as a step ...

Neapolis university in Paphos and the University of Haifa in Israel signed a memorandum of understanding that will provide for joint research activities, staff exchanges, as well as joint undergraduate ...

Wolt drivers in Nicosia were striking for the second day in a row on Wednesday, over pay cuts amid increasing prices in food, petrol and utility bills. The demonstration turned ...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told players of his Monza soccer team he would bring them a bus full of prostitutes if they managed to beat a top Serie ...

Labour Minister Kyriacos Koushos appeared doubtful on Wednesday that an agreement can be reached soon with electricity authority workers after a strike threat was called off at the last moment ...

US President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on at a jubilant celebration that featured U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper performing “True Colors” in front of ...

At least four people were killed when a small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on ...