#Iran crisis

Sirens wailed on Thursday in Akrotiri and residents received sms alerts that there was an ongoing security threat. “Only for Akrotiri residents: There is an ongoing security threat. Please remain ...

Defence minister, Vasilis Palmas, said on Thursday that there is “no immediate threat” to the republic despite heightened tensions across the Middle East, as Greece moved naval and air assets ...

Russia could halt gas supplies to Europe right now amid a spike in energy prices triggered by the Iran crisis, President Vladimir Putin warned, linking the possible decision to the ...

Russia on Thursday accused the United States and Israel of trying to drag Arab countries into a wider Middle East conflict by provoking Iran into striking targets across the region ...

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Thursday that they had hit a U.S. tanker in the northern part of the Gulf and the vessel was on fire. There was ...

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said that Cyprus “can now feel safe from Iranian fire” after his country deployed two frigates and four fighter jets to the island in the ...

With Greek and French forces already on and around the island amid the expanding Middle East hostilities, the least Cyprus would expect from the British was to already be present, ...

The White House said on Wednesday that Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military after President Donald Trump threatened to cut off trade, but Spain denied making ...

A British flight to repatriate UK nationals after the outbreak of war in the Middle East did not take off as scheduled from Oman on Wednesday night and has been ...

The sounding of sirens and the activation of relevant security protocols at the British air force base Akrotiri overnight were precautionary measures, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on late Wednesday ...

President Donald Trump is discussing with his advisors what role the U.S could have in Iran after the military campaign while U.S. intelligence is monitoring reports that Mojtaba ...

The repatriation flight that brought 180 Cypriots back to the island from Dubai amid the current tensions in the Middle East safely landed at Larnaca airport on Wednesday evening, with passengers ...

The test emergency SMS that was scheduled to be sent to Cyprus residents at 7pm on Wednesday led to confusion among recipients, with some reporting receiving it early, delayed or ...

Iran’s government is making a strong case for its demise by indiscriminately attacking its neighbours, EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas told reporters on Wednesday. “Iran’s strategy is ...

The German government appeals to all involved parties not to extent the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to Europe, but is currently not planning to provide military support to ...

The U.S.–Iran war widened on Wednesday after a U.S. strike hit an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, deepening a crisis that has paralysed shipping through the Strait ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday insisted that the United Kingdom had not been left unprepared for the possibility of a conflict in the Middle East or attacks ...

The British military is “working as fast as possible” in its efforts to ready the HMS Dragon Type 45 destroyer warship for its deployment to Cyprus, a spokesperson for the British ...

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington’s pursuit of the Iranian navy. Sri ...

Britain needs to keep a cool head over the conflict in the Middle East to address the public’s concerns about escalation, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday. Starmer ...

Dozens of the passenger flights which had been scheduled to arrive at or depart from the Republic of Cyprus’ two passenger airports were cancelled on Wednesday, the airports’ operator Hermes ...

A British chartered flight will leave Oman on Wednesday evening, prioritising vulnerable UK nationals who want to leave the region after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, the ...

The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a swathe of southern Lebanon on Wednesday, telling residents to move north of the Litani River on a third day of full-blown hostilities ...

Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told Reuters on ...