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A fire at Iran’s Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman’s death in police custody ...

Creating a US central bank digital currency is likely not important to the long-term status of the US dollar, Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said Friday. In a speech during ...

By Stefan Wolff Each time the United Nations gathers to debate and vote on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it becomes more obvious that the vast majority of the international ...

By Andreas Charalambous & Omiros Pissarides The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (SA) is an example of a state, whose economic and foreign policies have traditionally centered around its natural wealth. ...

Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google could face EU antitrust charges next year over its digital advertising business, putting the company at risk of its fourth fine in the EU of ...

A leading US bank regulator said his caution over banks partnering with fintechs is not meant to stifle those arrangements, but rather reflects his concern that firms must adequately gauge ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) said Britain’s competition regulator had relied on objections from its rival Sony (6758.T) in referring its $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal to an in-depth inquiry, in particular “...

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has challenged Marcus Rashford to channel the frustration from his missed chances in recent games into scoring against Newcastle United in the Premier League ...

‘The only reason there is some life in the market is because of the money flowing from the south’ By Esra Aygin As Turkish Cypriots go through one of the ...

By Alper Ali Riza I hated going on prison visits. Too much clanging of gates and clinking of keys and razor barbed wire. Too many walls and doors and dogs ...

There must be something in the autumnal air that calls out to art exhibitions as dozens are opening around the island this season. Limassol art space The Edit Gallery is ...

A man died and a woman was missing after their car was carried away in flash floods which hit the north coast of the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, ...

Amidst reports that teachers were seen smoking at high schools, state secondary education teachers’ union Oelmek on Thursday said all faculty has “fully complied” with the legislation. The education ministry ...

Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte said he had doubts that fielding three strikers in Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Richarlison could disrupt the Premier League club’s balance but was ...

Doctors suspended from their work over medical negligence investigations in the death of a teen should not be victimised, the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma) said on Saturday. In a statement ...

Leicester City’s poor start to the Premier League season dragged on with a dour goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday, although the point they earned moves ...

Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday he had summoned the U.S. ambassador after President Joe Biden questioned the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear programme. In a speech on ...

Left-wing trade union Peo claimed on Saturday that the Anastasiades-Disy government deprived workers of €7.5 billion worth of income during ten years in office. The union held a demonstration march at 10...

Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said he plans to keep things simple as he prepares his side ahead of their match at home with Barcelona in the “El Clasico” tie ...

Diko splinter party Depa announced on Saturday that it would be supporting candidate Nikos Christodoulides in the upcoming 2023 presidential elections. Christodoulides has claimed he is an independent candidate but has ...

I was horrified, not to use too strong a word, to read your editorial in last Thursday’s issue (No quick fix as protesting pensioners battle government indifference, Cyprus Mail ...

I refer to an article published regarding nursing homes in Cyprus (Legislative failings leading to abuse in nursing homes, Sunday Mail October 9), and the “questionable” matter of compassionate and responsible “...

The Gates to Hell are located in the midst of the Karakum Desert. Here, out amidst the black dunes where the rain never falls, lies the pit of Darvaza: a ...

The AG Leventis Gallery is piloting an innovative programme on art psychotherapy for the elderly. Running until mid-November, the programme will be carried out encouraging the older generation to come ...