#Iran crisis

All EU informal councils will be held as planned in Cyprus between April and June, Energy Minister Michael Damianos said on Monday, on arrival for the EU transport council in ...

Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos, in a meeting with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Sunday, emphasised the need for diplomacy and dialogue in view of the ongoing conflict in the ...

Japan and Australia said on Monday they were not planning to send navy vessels to the Middle East to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, after U.S. President ...

Dubai’s international airport was gradually resuming flights on Monday, authorities said, after a fire caused by a drone attack forced a temporary suspension, further disrupting traffic in one of ...

Minister of Justice and Public Order Costas Fitiris, sought to reassure the public about the security situation in Cyprus following the war in Iran and the wider crisis in the ...

Pope Leo made an impassioned plea on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in the expanding Iran war, lamenting “atrocious violence” that he said had killed thousands of non-combatants and caused ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday denied a report that Israel was facing a shortage of ballistic missile interceptors after more than two weeks of war that has seen ...

Wars do not all share the same definition of victory. In what are commonly called asymmetric wars – conflicts between opponents of vastly unequal power and resources – the logic is almost ...

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened more strikes on Iran’s main oil export hub Kharg Island and said he was not ready for a deal with Tehran to end ...

Iran warned it could target US “hideouts” in the United Arab Emirates as a major UAE energy hub suffered disruption after a drone attack on Saturday, and US President Donald ...

Tensions escalated on Saturday after a member of the public in Tel Aviv confronted a television crew from Turkish network A Haber and allegedly threatened them while they were filming ...

Several flights were cancelled on Saturday at both Larnaca and Paphos airports as disruptions to regional air travel continued to affect routes linked mainly to the Middle East. Airport scheduling ...

United States forces executed a large-scale precision strike on Kharg Island in Iran on Friday night, the US Central Command said on Saturday. “US forces successfully struck more than 90 Iranian ...

The European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDHR) as well as the Cyprus Democratic Lawyers Association (CDLA) condemned the continued existence of the British bases in Akrotiri and Dhekelia. ...

An explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early on Saturday, in what the city’s mayor described as “a deliberate attack against the Jewish community”. The explosion at the ...

President Donald Trump threatened to strike the oil infrastructure of Iran’s Kharg Island hub unless Tehran stopped attacking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a warning that could further ...

A top United Nations humanitarian official on Friday called for humanitarian aid to be allowed to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israeli war on Iran. The ...

Governments from Asia to Europe are scrambling to shield consumers from surging fuel and food costs triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran, rolling out measures ranging from fuel subsidies ...

France is pushing on with efforts to put together a coalition to secure the Strait of Hormuz once the security situation stabilises, two French officials said on Friday, after a ...

Cyprus is hoping for an initiative to be taken that will put an end to hostilities in the Middle East, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Friday evening. “We are following ...

The Dutch air defence frigate HNLMS Evertsen has begun operations in Cypriot maritime waters despite its main naval gun being temporarily out of action, with the ship’s commander insisting ...

United States officials were flown from the Harir airbase near the Iraqi city of Erbil to the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri airbase in Cyprus, the Cyprus Mail has been informed, ...

Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and likely disfigured, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, questioning Khamenei’s ability to govern after nearly two ...

Britain’s economy stagnated unexpectedly in January after weak growth in the preceding months, according to official data, which showed a loss of momentum even before the war in Iran ...