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The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights called on Afghanistan’s Taliban administration on Friday to release a university lecturer and education activist detained by security forces in the ...

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Friday, after the man tried to attack a soldier at a military outpost, the Israeli ...

Self-proclaimed bitcoin creator Craig Wright’s lawsuit against bitcoin network developers to try to recover billions of dollars can continue to trial, a London court said on Friday. The ruling ...

Social media images purported to be of an emaciated jailed Iranian physician who went on hunger strike in support of demonstrations against the compulsory wearing of the hijab have caused ...

The trial for David Hunter, 75, resumed on Friday with an expert witness testifying that Hunter was in no state to give statements to police after he killed his wife, due ...

Italy’s Data Protection Agency said on Friday it was prohibiting artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot company Replika from using the personal data of Italian users, citing risks to minors and ...

Outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades in a final interview on CyBC on Thursday, defended his actions on various hot-button topics of his tenure, including his position on the Cyprob, his role ...

CanSino Biologics Chief Executive Yu Xuefeng said on Friday he was confident his company’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine using messenger RNA (mRNA) technology was as good as shots from Moderna ...

France is leading a campaign for the European Union to recognise low-carbon hydrogen produced from nuclear power in its renewable energy rules, but some member states oppose the idea for ...

The Body and Other Landscapes is a movement improvisation workshop led by dance artist Konstantina Skalionta that will take place in Nicosia this month. Happening at Majestic State Gallery on ...

Ten migrants, including a baby and three women, have died on a particularly harrowing crossing from Tunisia to Italy, the Italian coastguard said on Friday. The bodies of eight migrants ...

The bronze statue worth €10,000 that adorned a location in Paphos but was stolen last Saturday was sold by the thieves for €85 to another suspect in the case, it emerged on ...

Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88. The death in Portsall, Brittany, of ...

The Chief Scientist for Research and Innovation of Cyprus Nikolas Mastroyiannopoulos announced yesterday the launch of an improved digital gateway for Cypriot certified innovative enterprises. Ignite Cyprus is a platform ...

Ukrainians will fight “for as long as we can” to hold the eastern city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Friday, as he hosted European Union leaders to discuss ...

More than 470,000 passengers travelled to and from Larnaca and Paphos airports in January, 250,000 more than in January 2022. In a statement, Hermes Airports said the number corresponds to 112 per cent of ...

A Chinese spy balloon has changed course and is now floating eastward at about 18,300 meters over the central United States, demonstrating a capability to maneuver, the US military said on ...

Independent presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades has donated the minibus he used for his election campaign to the non-governmental organisation which runs the dog shelter at Nicosia airport. The donation was ...

Caring for animals is not a secondary issue, presidential candidate Averof Neophytou said on Friday during a visit to a cat-feeding station in Aglandjia in Nicosia. The feeding station has ...

We talked to a selection of people in northern Nicosia, asking whether they’re following the upcoming presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus.

A man caught carrying a loaded crossbow at late Queen Elizabeth’s Windsor Castle home pleaded guilty in a London court on Friday to an offence under the Treason Act ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela managed to stave off strike measures threatened by the pharmacies amid a row regarding compensation with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO). The HIO, responsible for running ...

Health Minister Michalis Hadjipantela managed to stave off strike measures threatened by the pharmacies amid a row regarding compensation with the Health Insurance Organisation (HIO). The HIO, responsible for running ...

Where do you live? I live in Nicosia with my family What did you have for breakfast? Coffee and a sandwich Describe your perfect day An ideal day for me ...