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A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in jail on Wednesday after finding her guilty in the first of 11 corruption cases she ...

Turkish opposition leaders vowed to overturn jail sentences against philanthropist Osman Kavala and seven others convicted at the end of a case that lawyers said showed courts had become the ...

The ministry of health will operate 34 rapid testing sites for Covid on Thursday in locations around the island. Those eligible include minors, the vaccinated and those recovering from Covid. A ...

Teenagers who will join the National Guard in 2022 can submit their details via an electronic platform, based on which a decision on where they will serve will be taken, the ...

Researchers are looking to recruit 120 former professional footballers to help with a new study to investigate possible ways to reduce the risk of dementia. The £1.3million BrainHOPE study aims to ...

Novak Djokovic will be allowed to defend his Wimbledon title after All England Club officials confirmed players will not be required to be vaccinated to compete at the tournament this ...

Police on Wednesday said a 19-year-old Paphos resident is in critical condition after getting injured in a traffic collision the previous night. He is being treated in the ICU at ...

Two events are taking place at the Home of Cooperation in the coming weeks. Arriving first is the presentation of the bicommunal, bilingual poetry collection Mazi/Birlikte on Friday. The ...

The EU’s chief executive on Wednesday branded as “blackmail” Russian giant Gazprom’s move to halt supplies to some European customers, but said the bloc was working on a ...

A 10-day-old baby has been flown to Israel for emergency treatment after showing serious heart issues, local media reported on Wednesday. The little girl from Paphos was born with heart ...

British pharmaceuticals giant GSK (GSK.L) beat analyst expectations for its first-quarter results on Wednesday and stood by its 2022 forecasts, after buoyant sales of its COVID-19 treatment which has now ...

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, medics and a militant group said, in clashes that erupted after an arrest raid. It was the ...

The long-awaited Seesaw Protocol (SSW) has finally launched, following a hugely successful presale that saw its price surge by 8000%. Initially beginning its presale costing a mere $0.005, the hype the token ...

Trilateral cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Israel on diaspora matters is vital in preserving peace, security and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean for future generations, Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou said ...

The one-year jail sentence imposed by Ankara on Turkish Cypriot newspaper publisher Sener Levent for offending Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has been reportedly been commuted to a fine amid public ...

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) lost $126 billion in value on Tuesday amid investor concerns that Chief Executive Elon Musk may have to sell shares to fund his $21 billion equity contribution to ...

Three people have been charged in Paphos for attacking a police officer and resisting arrest, the force said on Wednesday. According to Paphos CID chief Michalis Nicolaou, the charges include ...

Cyprus acts as a bridge between the Middle East, the Arabian Gulf and Europe in the field of cybersecurity, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Wednesday. “We need a genuine ...

European diesel imports from Russia are set to fall in April but will still exceed those from other regions, highlighting the challenge European governments face as they contemplate new sanctions ...

Four Syrian soldiers were killed on Wednesday, Syria’s defence ministry said, in an Israeli missile attack on positions near Damascus that a war monitor said had hit an arms ...

Millions of people in Beijing took their second COVID-19 tests of the week on Wednesday as the Chinese capital tried to keep an outbreak numbering in the dozens from spiralling ...

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four more astronauts to orbit on Wednesday, en route to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA, including a medical doctor turned spacewalker ...

The euro fell below $1.06 for the first time in five years against a broadly strong US dollar on Wednesday amid rising concerns around energy safety and growth slowdown in China ...

Paphos police were on Wednesday seeking a 28-year-old for firing a gun in a residential area, illegal possession of a hunting gun and bearing a weapon to cause terror. According ...