Lack of evidence stymies investigation into bombing of vehicle belonging to mayor’s mother
Police have so far questioned 35 people in relation with the bombing of a car belonging to the mother of the Mayor of Paphos Phedonas...
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Union condemns member’s house bombing
Public servants’ union Pasydy on Thursday strongly condemned the bombing of the house of one of its members, a prison warden, on Wednesday morning in...
Renewed bombing kills over 150 in rebel-held Aleppo this week – rescue workers
Renewed bombing of rebel-held eastern Aleppo has killed more than 150 people this week, rescue workers said on Thursday, as the Syrian government steps up...
Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from its border after wedding attack kills 54 (Update 2)
Turkey vowed on Monday to “completely cleanse” Islamic State militants from its border region, after a suspected suicide bomber with links to the group killed...
Syrian planes bomb Kurdish-held city – militia, Observatory
Syrian government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas of the north-eastern city of Hasaka on Thursday for the first time in the five-year-old civil war, the Syrian...
Over 1,000 Turkish Cypriots cross for Kokkina event
A total of 1,015 Turkish Cypriots travelled to the Kokkina enclave on Monday to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the Tylliria bombing by Turkish warplanes...
Iraqi PM dismisses top Baghdad security officials after bombing
Iraq’s prime minister dismissed three officials in charge of Baghdad’s security on Friday after last weekend’s bombing that killed nearly 300 people and caused public...
At least 5 killed in bombing in Kurdish-controlled Syrian town – witnesses
At least five people were killed and scores wounded on Wednesday in a bomb attack on a local administrative office in the Kurdish-held Syrian town...
Brussels bomb survivor back home
MARIEL Voutounou, the Cypriot injured during the Brussels terrorist attacks last month, returned home on Friday after being treated for her injuries at a military...
Istanbul bomber suicide identified as IS member, Turkish police on high alert (Update 1)
Turkey has identified the suicide bomber behind Saturday’s attack in Istanbul as a member of Islamic State born in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep,...
Saudi-led coalition, Yemen deny Iran embassy hit in Sanaa
The Saudi-led coalition and Yemen’s foreign ministry denied Iran’s accusation that Saudi warplanes had hit its embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Iran on...
Two arrested in connection with shooting and bombing
Police have arrested two men aged 45 and 47 for their suspected involvement in car shooting earlier this week, and a car bombing last month....
Lebanese police raid prison after bomb attacks
By Laila Bassam Lebanese forces stormed the country’s largest prison on Monday where Islamist militants are detained, security sources said, as authorities searched for those...
Explosions, gunfire near Afghan presidential candidate’s home
By Hamid Shalizi and Samar Zaak Suicide bombers attacked a building next to the house of Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani and engaged in a...
Blast aimed at Pakistani police bus kills 11, wounds 33
An explosion targeting a bus full of Pakistani policemen killed 11 and injured 33 near the southern port city of Karachi on Thursday, officials said,...
Spate of bombings in Baghdad kills 34
A spate of bombings in Baghdad killed at least 34 people on Wednesday, including several blasts near the heavily-fortified “Green Zone” and a busy square in the...
Beirut bomb kills anti-Assad Lebanese Former Minister, at least 4 others (update 2)
(R) – Former Lebanese Minister Mohamad Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and four other people were killed in a massive bomb blast that...
Cold killer Breivik said sorry to mother for ruining her life
By Alister Doyle Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, who refused to show remorse for killing 77 people in 2011, hugged his mother and apologized...
