Labour union calls for investigation into how Egyptians died in fire (Update 2)
Trade union Peo on Monday called on the labour ministry to conduct an investigation into the employment status and working conditions of the four Egyptian...
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Missing man found dead, foul play ruled out
A 68-year-old man reported missing on Tuesday from his home at the village of Lasa in Paphos was found dead in a field on Wednesday...
Woman dies in suspicious circumstances in Paphos (Updated)
Police on Thursday were not ruling out foul play in the death of a 46-year-old woman in Yeroskipou, Paphos. The woman, a Bulgarian national, was...
Rare Griffon vulture found dead, shot at
Although it was shot at, authorities on Tuesday were carrying out tests to determine the exact cause of death of one of the few Griffon...
Man dies in the sea off Paphos
A 54-year-old Russian tourist died while swimming in the sea off the Venus hotel in Paphos, police said on Saturday. His wife said he had...
Woman and suspect die after Swiss train attack, two girls in serious condition (Updated)
One woman died and two girls were in serious condition a day after an attack on a Swiss train by a man armed with a...
Seventeen killed in care home fire in Ukraine (Updated)
Seventeen people have been killed after a fire broke out in a residential building housing elderly people in a village near Kiev, Ukraine’s state emergency...
Dead man in sea identified as tourist, lifeguards urge compliance with the rules (Updated)
The 52-year-old Russian tourist, found floating dead in the sea on Wednesday off Protaras, died from multiple injuries, police said on Thursday. The man’s...
Indonesia volcano spews hot clouds of ash, kills at least seven
Seven people have died and two are in critical condition after Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island erupted on Saturday, said an Indonesian disaster agency official,...
Police say they had no other option but to shoot man who took son hostage (Update 4: adds police chief)
Police were tightlipped on Saturday as confusing accounts emerged of the exact circumstances under which officers shot dead a 41-year-old Egyptian man in the Larnaca...
Around 50 killed in Afghanistan in bus crash with fuel tanker
Around 50 people were killed and scores were injured in Afghanistan when two buses collided with a fuel tanker on a highway in the central...
Missing woman found dead in empty water tank (updated)
A 58-year-old woman missing from her home in Larnaca since last Tuesday has been found dead inside an empty water tank on the roof of...
Dead man driving
A 77-year-old man is suspected of forging a death certificate to avoid a medical examination to determine whether he was fit to drive, it emerged...
Brutal murder suicide in Limassol
A 58-year-old woman appears to have brutally murdered her mother-in-law, 61, in Limassol and then killed herself by overdosing on pills, police said on Tuesday....
Israel forces shoot dead three Palestinians, two aged 15
The Israeli army said troops shot dead two Palestinian teenagers who were throwing stones at cars in the occupied West Bank on Sunday after coming...
British couple found dead (updated)
A British couple living in Cyprus was found dead on Tuesday morning in their Paralimni flat but police do not suspect foul play. Police believe...
At least 65 people killed, some burned beyond recognition, in attack in Nigeria’s Maiduguri
At least 65 people were killed during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said...
Toll in Islamic State suicide blasts in Syrian capital rise to 60 (Update 3)
More than 60 people, including 25 Shi’ite fighters, have been killed in twin suicide bombings by Islamic State in a heavily guarded pro-government district of...
Paphos man arrested for collecting dead father’s pension
A Paphos car salesman was charged and released on Friday in connection with collecting his father’s pension years after he died. The 48-year-old was arrested...
Missing Paphos man, 92, found dead
A 92-year-old Paphos man missing since Saturday has been found dead around two kilometres from his home, police said on Tuesday. Pavlos Charalambous from the...