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Red flag raised over possible link between use of private jet and grant of passport

Elias HazouFebruary 4, 2021

By Elias HazouFebruary 4, 202104061

Civil aviation officials on Thursday confirmed that a flight under presidential designation to the Seychelles did take place in August 2015 but couldn’t say whether...

Cyprus Featured

Auditor finalising presidency private jet report

George PsyllidesJanuary 22, 2020January 22, 2020

By George PsyllidesJanuary 22, 2020January 22, 20200849

The audit service is in the process of preparing reports relating to the use of a private jet by President Nicos Anastasiades and the naturalisation...

Asia World

Saudi-led coalition fires flares over Yemeni port of Aden – residents

Reuters News ServiceAugust 17, 2019

By Reuters News ServiceAugust 17, 20190176

Saudi-led coalition warplanes fired flares over Yemen’s Aden at dawn on Saturday, residents said, near camps occupied by southern separatist fighters who last week seized...

Cyprus Featured

J&P staff in Saudi Arabia strike

George PsyllidesJune 22, 2018June 22, 2018

By George PsyllidesJune 22, 2018June 22, 20185 348

Staff at 15 Joannou and Paraskevaides Group construction sites in Saudi Arabia are refusing to work over the company’s failure to pay their salaries since...

Middle East

Saudi-led force poised to take airport of Yemen’s main port city

Reuters News ServiceJune 15, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 15, 2018097

Forces from a Saudi-led coalition were poised to enter the airport of Yemen‘s main port, Hodeidah, on Friday as the Arab alliance prepared to seize the...

Middle East

Civilians flee as Arab states pound Yemen port (Update)

Reuters News ServiceJune 14, 2018June 14, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 14, 2018June 14, 20184 111

Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen‘s Hodeidah for a second day on Thursday, as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the main port...

Middle East

Arab states launch biggest assault of Yemen war

Reuters News ServiceJune 13, 2018

By Reuters News ServiceJune 13, 201810 142

A Saudi-led alliance of Arab states launched the largest assault of Yemen‘s war on Wednesday with an attack on the country’s main port, aiming to bring...

Middle East

After Saudi skirt woman’s arrest, many lament double standard

Reuters News ServiceJuly 20, 2017

By Reuters News ServiceJuly 20, 20171111

After Saudi police briefly arrested a woman who appeared in an online video wearing an “indecent” skirt and crop top, many Saudis sprang to her...

CM Regular Columnist Opinion

Yemen: the stupidest war

Gwynne DyerOctober 16, 2016November 3, 2016

By Gwynne DyerOctober 16, 2016November 3, 201610 181

“They hit everything, hospitals, orphanages, schools,” Hisham al-Omeisy told The Guardian newspaper six months ago. “You live in constant fear that your kids’ school could...

World

Moroccan F-16 jet from Saudi-led coalition in Yemen goes missing (Updated)

FORMER STAFFMay 11, 2015May 11, 2015

By FORMER STAFFMay 11, 2015May 11, 20153 205

By Sami Aboudi and Noah Browning A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone...

World

Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic

Jean ChristouJanuary 12, 2015January 12, 2015

By Jean ChristouJanuary 12, 2015January 12, 201523 144

A prominent Saudi Arabian cleric has whipped up controversy by issuing a religious ruling forbidding the building of snowmen, described them as anti-Islamic. Asked on...