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Ninety-seven people were injured on Sunday when some train carriages derailed in Egypt‘s Qalioubia province north of Cairo, the health ministry said in a statement. More than 50 ambulances rushed ...

From hunters to Varosha refugees, small new parties are attempting to woo a disillusioned electorate By George Psyllides As election day edges closer, it appears that the island’s political ...

British health officials are investigating a COVID-19 variant originating in India but as yet they do not have enough evidence to classify it is as a variant of concern, Susan ...

By Sarah N. Lynch President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday that the U.S. government has told ...

Police on Sunday afternoon said there was traffic on the Larnaca to Nicosia motorway. Motorists are urged to drive at low speed and keep a safe distance from other vehicles. ...

The Cyprus LNG plant and the East Med pipeline under the spectre of the Turkish ‘blue homeland’ in the East Med’s energy game By Panayiotis Tilliros The geopolitical and ...

The health ministry announced the rapid testing sites for Monday, 55 in total. People need to present proof of identity such as ID card, driver’s license or passport, for identification ...

By Suleiman Al-Khalidi Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term – an event that Washington and the ...

A lucky few can afford to take luxury air travel to new heights, with state-of-the-art, ultra-long-range executive jets, made by manufacturers like Gulfstream and Bombardier. Then there are those bold ...

Everyone agrees reform is vital so why do we need a referendum? By George Koumoullis In order to restore the mental balance of those that may have been worried about ...

We are going to Geneva with the aim to get a positive outcome, Foreign Minister, Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, referring to the informal meeting on the Cyprus problem that ...

The fire service sent two engines on Sunday on the request by the British bases to help put out a fire in a quarry in Xylofagou. According to the spokesman ...

The epidemiological picture does not allow further relaxations, for now, government spokesman Kyriacos Koushos said on Sunday. The announcement comes after an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace under President ...

In this video, we get a pre-Covid tour of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi, a city located in the country’s north, at the Red River delta, about 140km inland from ...

A modified version of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine tailored to combat a coronavirus variant first documented in South Africa could be ready by the end of 2021, an AstraZeneca official in ...

Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said on Sunday that any problems arising from a ruling by the attorney-general that parties can only use their registered names for the upcoming parliamentary elections ...

If you have ever been inspired by those intense, on-foot chases in action films, where heroes and villains vault over rooftops and swing across urban landscapes relying only on flexibility, ...

Greece has a higher positivity rate than Cyprus, but is deemed a safer country to visit By Kyriacos Iacovides The health ministry is taking pride in the daily number of ...

From politicians’ sources of wealth to the search for a solution, we should be looking at well-planned construction By Christos P Panayiotides Those of you who happen to be architects ...

The vaccination portal will be open on Monday morning for appointments by people in the 51-52 age group, the health ministry announced. The portal will be open between 7.30 am Monday ...

Limassol police are calling for help to locate two children aged 5 and 11 from Iraq who were kidnapped by their father. According to the Limassol CID, the mother, who lives in ...

Nine businesses and 151 people were booked between 6 am Saturday and 6 am Sunday in connection with violations of the measures against the spread of coronavirus, police said. In total 8,061 checks were ...

In this Ecosia-sponsored video, we meet Manuel, a retired, 66-year-old Spanish farmer, who is on a mission to restore the landscapes he grew up in. Having travelled all over the ...

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber and Robert Muller Russia said on Sunday Czech accusations that Russian spy services were behind an explosion in an ammunition depot were unfounded and absurd and ...