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The United States’ amphibious assault ship the USS Wasp returned to Cyprus on Friday, US ambassador to Cyprus Julie Fisher said. In a post on social media, she said the ...

France and Japan agreed on Thursday to start formal talks on a reciprocal troop access deal, strengthening military cooperation in amid rising maritime tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and the ...

The trial of Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector Halil Karapasaoglu, which was due to take place on Thursday, has been postponed to April 18. The north’s military court took the decision ...

Opposition party says not given adequate information before a vote on airport’s contested future The protocol between the north Cyprus and Turkey regarding the handing over of Lefkoniko airport ...

The so-called Cyprus Peace Council staged a demonstration outside Akrotiri base on Sunday to protest against its use by the UK government for flying military supplies to Israel and helping ...

Turkish Cypriot Mustafa Hurben is not a rabble rouser, but quietly steadfast in his refusal to take up arms While attempting to imagine what interviewing a Turkish Cypriot conscientious objector ...

A foreign national was arrested and remanded for five days by the Limassol district court, after walking into a military airbase in Troodos, police said on Sunday. According to police, ...

The militaries of the north and Turkey are carrying out joint exercises this week. The exercises, which have been given the official name “Martyr Captain Cengiz Topel Mediterranean storm exercise-23”, ...

Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou Lottides is investigating a complaint about a last-minute adjustment in the passing-grade of preliminary entrance exams to Greek military schools that allowed dozens of failed candidates to ...

The body of a 20-year-old Cypriot at military school in Greece who died during an exercise on Friday will be flow back to the island on Monday. An autopsy has ...

A 20-year-old Greek Cypriot at the Evelpidon Military School in Greece died on Friday, during a training exercise. According to an announcement form the military, the second-year military academy student, ...

Cyprus and the US are set to carry out a series of joint military exercises between February 6 and 24 in various locations on the island, the foreign ministry announced on Monday. ...

Turkey’s defence ministry has released a video of a Turkish F-16 jet carrying out an aerobatic demonstration over the north of Cyprus, where the pilot is seen saluting the ...

France, Germany and Spain have reached agreement on starting the next phase of development of a new fighter jet dubbed FCAS, Europe’s largest defence project at an estimated cost ...

France will step up its military presence in eastern Europe, with plans to deploy additional Rafale fighter jets in Lithuania and additional armoured vehicles and tanks in Romania, as the ...

A Greek Cypriot who had been held for over a month in the north for possession of walkie-talkies and photos allegedly showing military installations, was finally released on Friday morning. ...

Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides will travel to the United States on Sunday for a working visit, marking a milestone in Cyprus-US relations as he will be the first Cypriot defence ...