Man charged after drone catches him starting fire
A drone was used on Saturday to locate a fire in a rural area while a 70-year-old man was also seen with it lighting a...
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Police suspect they found drone drug dealer
A 27-year-old man already in police custody has been rearrested as a suspect in the case involving moving cannabis with a drone last month, Nicosia...
Police seize drug-carrying drone near Ayios Dhometios crossing
Police on Tuesday evening seized a drone carrying drugs that was spotted hovering in Ayios Dhometios, near the crossing point. Police were tipped off by...
Coronavirus: Man on lockdown walks his dog by drone (with video)
In the midst of a government-mandated lockdown, a Limassol resident found the most creative way to walk his dog given the exceptional circumstances. Vakis Demetriou,...
Backlash in the north against drone arrival
The arrival of a Turkish drone in the north on Monday and the use of Lefkoniko (Gecitkale) airport as a base for operations to aid...
‘Special op’ on Sunday to capture pack of feral dogs in Limassol area
The Animal Party on Friday said that a special op is to take place Sunday morning in cooperation with local authorities and the police to...
British bases acquire drone technology to fight crime
British bases police on Thursday revealed new drone technology to help fight crime, including illegal bird trapping. The drone can help find missing persons, obtain...
Drone confiscated
Police in Paphos confiscated a drone on Tuesday night from a tourist who was caught operating the device without any permit. According to the Cyprus...
Israel’s ‘flying car’ passenger drone moves closer to delivery
After 15 years of development, an Israeli tech firm is optimistic it will finally get its 1,500 kg (1.5 tonne) passenger carrying drone off the...
UK plane in ‘incredibly concerning’ near miss with drone – police
A passenger plane has narrowly avoided being hit by a drone in what police on Thursday called an “incredibly concerning” near miss as it approached...
Israel launches anti-aircraft missiles at Syrian drone -army
Israel on Sunday fired missiles towards an unmanned drone that entered Israeli-controlled airspace from Syria and it turned back, the military said in a statement....
Zoo owner says police inactivity left him no choice but to shoot down drone
The owner of a private zoo in the Nicosia district who shot down a drone that had been hovering over his home and business for...
Hong Kong man arrested in China for drone disruption plot -Xinhua
A man linked to Hong Kong’s pro-democratic opposition was arrested in China in connection with a plot to use a drone to disrupt a mainland...
Recently-taken aerial view of Varosha being widely circulated on social media
An aerial video of the fenced-off city of Varosha filmed this past week has been released by Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, it was reported on...
“Friendly fire” by Iraqi drone kills nine anti-IS fighters
Nine fighters from a Shi’ite Muslim militia battling Islamic State were killed in northern Iraq when an Iraqi army aircraft fired at them in error,...
Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw
A Lufthansa plane with 108 passengers on board nearly collided with a drone as it approached Warsaw’s main airport on Monday afternoon, the airline said...
Cypriot team wins global NASA prize for ‘spiderbee’ drone
A Cypriot project called ‘Arachnobeea’ has won the NASA International Space Apps Challenge. NASA announced the winners of the International Space Apps Challenge and ‘Arachnobeea,...
Small drone lands on White House grounds; no danger seen
By Roberta Rampton The U.S. Secret Service recovered a small drone known as a “quad copter” on the grounds of the White House early on...
Serbia-Albania match abandoned following drone stunt, brawl
By Zoran Milosavljevic The politically-sensitive Euro 2016 qualifier between Serbia and Albania was abandoned on Tuesday following a brawl between players from both sides after...
Israel says shoots down Gaza drone as calls for truce mount
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell Israel said it shot down a drone from Gaza a week into its offensive on Monday, the first reported...
