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Israeli forces stormed into Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza on Friday and expelled some staff and displaced people before withdrawing, and bodies of people killed by ...

A pack of stray dogs has been reported roaming the Pedieos linear park in Nicosia and Strovolos municipality is still trying to catch the canines. The municipality said it has ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Paris to attend the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral on Saturday and could use the trip to hold talks with US President-elect Donald ...

The saga of the scandal-struck monastery of Osios Avakoum in Fterikoudi entered its final chapter this week, with the Holy Synod ruling in favour of upholding the disgraced monks’ defrocking. ...

MP Rita Theodorou Superman assumed the presidency of the parliamentary assembly coordinating mechanism of UNOCT – the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism – on Friday, expressing concern over the Middle East crisis, which ...

Cyprus is paving the way for sustainable and forward-thinking investment strategies, as explored in this weekend’s Cyprus 4.0 supplement, free with the Sunday Mail. From ESG commitments and real estate ...

Discussions on a bill regulating the operation of foreign university branches in Cyprus have entered their final stretch and the wording of the bill has been finalised, Education Minister Athena ...

Over 250 hairdressing products, as well as a large haul of duty-free tobacco products, were confiscated earlier this week at Ayios Dhometios crossing point and over €5,000 were collected in fines. On ...

One of the most interesting and multi-dimensional musicians on the Greek scene, Fotis Siotas is embarking on a winter tour in Cyprus, along with his talented collaborators Dimitris Tsekouras on ...

The attorney-general’s office is “handling” the question of the requisite parliamentary quorum for constitutional reform to be enacted, attorney-general George Savvides said on Friday. The question had arisen after ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), EMSC said.

The addictions authority on Friday called on consumers to “rethink their relationship with alcohol”. The call was made as part of alcohol awareness week, which the authority launched this year ...

Mike Tyson is being sued in a London court for nearly €1.5 million ($1.59 million) for allegedly breaking a deal to promote a gambling company in order to fight social media influencer-turned-prizefighter ...

The European Commission and the UN development programme (UNDP) have signed a €2.6 million agreement to support the committee on missing persons in Cyprus (CMP). The funding will assist the CMP ...

The police on Friday declared that they are “ready to maintain security and order” ahead of a planned protest on Sunday in support of the “mujahideen fighting in Idlib and ...

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region and Kryvyi Rih on Friday killed at least nine people and wounded 20 more, regional officials said. At least seven people were killed in ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Friday called on former Disy leader Averof Neophytou to recognise the achievements of the Christodoulides administration and to stop showing animosity. In a post on ...

Turkish language professor Oguz Karakartal was called as a witness on Friday as the trial of Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who stands accused of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed ...

Denting Liverpool’s title ambitions will be a big enough incentive for local rivals Everton on Saturday but the fact it is also the last Merseyside Premier League derby at ...

Iran will send missiles, drones and more advisers to Syria, a senior Iranian official said on Friday as rebel forces advanced on the central city of Homs and Kurds seized ...

The government is placing particular emphasis on the integration of migrants who are legally residing in Cyprus and is drafting a strategic plan to this end, deputy minister for migration ...

Romania’s top court annulled the result of the first round of the country’s presidential election after accusations of Russian meddling and said on Friday the entire process, which ...

Former auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides’ pension will be paid “in the coming days”, accountant-general Andreas Antoniades said on Friday. He said the legal service had told him that the payment of ...

Following a series of minor earthquakes in Cyprus, including the latest on Thursday night, Civil Defence on Friday issued comprehensive guidelines for earthquake preparedness and safety. In a statement, it ...