Cyprus ‘ready and willing’ to be safe transfer hub in Middle East
The government is willing and ready to assume the responsibility to create a safe transfer hub in the complex region of the Middle East, Foreign
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Living in air-polluted Nicosia will cost residents on average a year of their lives
By Lizzy Ioannidou AN AVERAGE of one year is cut from the lives of every Nicosia resident due to high levels of air pollution, which
Russia in biggest naval Mediterranean build-up since Syrian intervention (Update 1)
Russia will next month hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, a massive military exercise that
Signs that Cyprus is siding with Saudi Arabia in Mid East split
Cyprus is looking to strengthen political and economic ties with Saudi Arabia, in a move not unrelated to the grand chessboard of regional geopolitics, daily
France and Germany ask Putin to stop Syria attacks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron hoped world powers would agree a Syria ceasefire on Friday after they asked Russian President Vladimir
‘World should recognise E. Jerusalem as Palestine capital’ (Update)
Muslim leaders condemned US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and called on the world to respond by
Dramatic shifts in the balance of Middle East power
By SM Farid Mirbagheri The past month has witnessed momentous developments in the tragic course of west Asian politics. Within the space of a mere 10 hours
Lebanese PM to visit, some roads to close briefly
THE Cyprus problem, bilateral relations, issues of military cooperation, relations between the European Union and Lebanon, and regional developments will be on the agenda of
US ends controversial laptop ban on Middle East carriers
The United States has ended a four month ban on passengers carrying laptops onboard US bound flights from certain airports in the Middle East and North Africa, bringing
‘Beautiful military equipment’ can’t buy Middle East peace
By Mohammad Javad Zarifmay AS PRESIDENT Trump was being feted in the palaces of the Saudi royal family after concluding a historic arms deal, Iranians
Pure charade of the Arab-Israeli peace process
Like other US presidents before him, Donald Trump invited the current Palestinian leader to the White House and told him that there was a “very
Balancing principles, interests and feasibility in the Middle East
By Farid Mirbagheri US President-elect Donald Trump will soon be grappling with the unenviable task of bringing some degree of order to the Middle East whilst
In parting shot at Israel, Kerry warns Middle East peace in jeopardy
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israel’s building of settlements on occupied land was jeopardising Middle East peace, voicing unusually frank frustration
Seventy two crews on entry list for Cyprus Rally 2016
A total of 72 crews from nine countries are on the entry list for Cyprus Rally 2016. The event will take place from October 7-9
Russia well and truly back on the world stage
By Farid Mirbagheri The Russian Federation is gradually but surely reclaiming some of its lost influence in the world particularly in west Asia and north
Eighty years on: is 2016 the new 1936?
Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the
Two California men convicted of plotting to support Islamic State
Two men from Anaheim, California, were found guilty on Tuesday of conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State militants, one of them going so
Global violence worsens, driven by Middle East conflicts – peace index
The world has become increasingly violent with deaths from conflict at a 25-year high, terrorist attacks at an all-time high and more people displaced than
Bloodshed blurs Middle East borders set 100 years ago by Sykes-Picot pact
By Dan Williams A century after Britain and France secretly mapped out a Middle East they would control upon defeating the Ottomans in World War
Time for a new Sykes-Picot Agreement to fix the Middle East
It’s time to renegotiate the contract that put the Middle East together. The “contract” is the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement, which divided up most of the