Police investigating explosion at Latsia health centre (updated)
Police said Monday were investigating a blast at the Latsia health centre in Nicosia, which currently operates as a vaccination centre. No one was injured...
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Repatriation flight from Lebanon, Cyprus sends in rescue team (Update 3, with video)
Foreign Minister Nicos Christodoulides has announced that around 50 Cypriot citizens and permanent residents have expressed their interest in repatriating to Cyprus from Lebanon on...
Potentially harmful fumes released in Beirut blast have not reached Cyprus
The blast in Beirut has not affected the air quality in Cyprus for the time being, a senior official said on Wednesday. The head of...
President sends condolences after Beirut blast, embassy damaged (Update 3)
President Nicos Anastasiades expressed his condolences to Lebanon on Tuesday night after a large explosion in Beirut also shook Cyprus, with many people on the...
Blasts rock ammunition depot near Kyrenia, 12 injured (update 4, video)
Blasts rocked an ammunition depot on Thursday after a fire broke out at a military zone east of Kyrenia, with shattered glass injuring twelve people....
Fireworks blasts kill at least 24 near Mexico City
Two explosions at fireworks workshops outside Mexico City on Thursday killed at least 24 people, including rescue workers, and injured dozens more, officials said, in the latest...
Two dead in Gaza blast, Israeli military denies attack
Two Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants riding on a motorcycle in Gaza were killed in an explosion on Tuesday which the group implied was caused by...
One dead, 18 injured in fire at Austria’s main gas hub (Update)
An explosion and fire that ripped through Austria‘s main gas pipeline hub on Tuesday killed one person and injured at least 18 others, prompting Italy to...
Bomb blast outside garage
A bomb exploded shortly after midnight on Wednesday outside a vehicle repair shop in the industrial area of Mesogi, Paphos. The explosion of the device,...
Separate blasts cause damage to cars, office in Limassol (Update)
LIMASSOL police had to deal with three separate explosions that caused damage to cars and private property in the early hours of Wednesday. Police were...
Bomb blast ‘hits military vehicle, wounds 17’ in Turkey
Explosives planted by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants ripped through a Turkish military vehicle travelling through southeast Turkey on Monday, wounding 17 soldiers, the military...
Blast at Limassol bar
A blast caused extensive damage to a Limassol bar in the early morning hours of Tuesday, police said. No one was hurt in the incident...
At least one killed in a Cairo blast, no claim of responsibility
An explosive device detonated along a main road in Cairo on Friday as security forces passed by, killing at least one civilian passerby and injuring...
Small blast outside Limassol home
Limassol police were on Sunday investigating an explosion outside the home of a 42-year-old resident, which caused a small amount of damage. No one was...
Blast rocks Hungary’s capital, two injured
An explosion rocked central Budapest late on Saturday, injuring two police officers, Hungarian police said on Sunday. Police have yet to identify the cause of...
Weapons storage blast fires off bombs in Baghdad, killing four (update)
A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighbouring districts, killing at least...
Limassol home damaged by blast
The front entrance and exterior walls of a Limassol house owned by a 41-year-old man were damaged extensively early Friday from an explosion. The blast,...
Bavarian bomber pledged allegiance to Islamic State – minister (Update 4)
By Andreas Burger The Syrian who blew himself up in southern Germany, wounding 15 people, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State on a...
Suspected Islamic State suicide bombers kill 36 at Istanbul airport
Three suicide bombers opened fire then blew themselves up in Istanbul’s main international airport on Tuesday, killing 36 people and wounding close to 150 in...
Blast from “self-made” explosive injures three in Shanghai airport
A blast caused by “self-made explosive materials” injured three people at a terminal in Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on Sunday, the Shanghai Airport Authority said....