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By Zarir Hussain Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote northeast, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence ...

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been found in about 15 U.S. states so far, but the Delta variant remains the majority of COVID-19 cases nationwide, the head of ...

Covid-19 obviously explains some, but by no means all More people have died in the Republic of Cyprus in 2021 than in previous years, and no-one is entirely sure why. The ...

A total of 21 testing sites will operate around the island on Monday for free tests to eligible groups. These include: Minors up to 17 years old, people aged 18 years or over ...

The Greek Cypriot side is taking measures to destroy the economy in the north, Turkish Cypriot leader Erin Tatar said on Sunday speaking to shop owners in the old city ...

by Patricia Jordan Another strange year is coming to a close. Thankfully the garden has been my salvation again to help me through it. Having not had much to divert ...

The United States and a group of Western countries including Germany, France and Britain have expressed concern over reported killings and disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces ...

The new Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus was discovered last week by scientists in South Africa and Botswana, the only countries in southern Africa that have the skills and ...

The bodies of two murdered women would not have been found if their killer did not admit to the offence, police chief Stelios Papatheodorou said on Sunday as the force ...

Omicron travel ban has separated families and disrupted business Like dozens of South African Cypriots, Michalis Polyviou was appalled by the government’s decision last Friday to ban all flights ...

Calls for more drastic action intensifying Energy transition is unstoppable, particularly in Europe. Despite the current energy crisis, calls for faster energy transition during COP26 and subsequently, including calls for ...

The reluctance of the United Sates to lift all sanctions on Iran is the main challenge to reviving the 2015 nuclear pact, a senior Iranian foreign ministry official was cited as ...

A 23-year-old man has been arrested in Paphos for a case of carrying weapons to incite terror, stabbing and threatening violence. According to the police at 7.10pm on Saturday, they ...

By Philip Pullella and Lefteris Papadimas Pope Francis condemned the exploitation of refugees for political propaganda on Sunday as he paid his second visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, ...

Gesy treatment begins with your GP referral – a very dangerous situation when an emergency combines with an unavailable doctor You’ve spent two nights in excruciating pain. Come the third ...

The fire service saved a hunter on Sunday morning after he injured his leg in the Ayios Ioannis Agros area. In a Tweet, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said that ...

Two recent incidents have attempted to undermine the status of the University of Cyprus In the relatively short period since its foundation in 1989, the University of Cyprus has established itself ...

The fire services have responded to around 39 calls in Larnaca due to heavy rainfall on Sunday morning. In a Tweet, fire services spokesman Andreas Kettis said the calls for help ...

Technology now touches everything we do and has transformed major sectors of our society: media, education, transportation and healthcare, to name just a few. More importantly perhaps, technology has fundamentally ...

A total of 5,730 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 on Saturday, the ministry of health announced on Sunday. At the State Fair in Nicosia 787 people were jabbed at the E station ...

Twenty-seven individuals and 19 businesses were charged in the 48 hours leading up to 6am on Sunday morning by police for breaking coronavirus measures. During the two-day period a total of 5,358 checks ...

The bodies of two Russian women missing since November have been removed from the ground after they were found buried in the early hours of Sunday in the garden of ...

FOR TWO days, we heard and saw nothing else but Pope Francis, being ferried from one place to the next, conducting services, meeting all types of people, from the humble ...

Police will launch an islandwide campaign on Monday against driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The traffic police will carry out checks until Sunday December 12, and they said ...