#violence

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday inaugurated a support centre for individuals who experienced abuse, calling it a milestone in promoting psychosomatic help and a pillar of support for those needing ...

Three thousand cases of violence against women and 686 involving young people were recorded in 2022 by the Fimonoi foundation, it announced on Sunday. President of the organisation Mary Pyrgou presented these ...

“Enough with this [fan rioting] issue. It has been discussed over and over, and every time following incidents there are meetings upon meetings,” President Nikos Christodoulides said after Sunday’s ...

Fans need to behave otherwise all sporting matches will be held without spectators, President Nikos Christodoulides warned on Tuesday following violent clashes at a basketball semi-final at the weekend. “This ...

Violence that broke out in Larnaca in the early hours of Sunday left a 26-year-old man with two of his fingers amputated and multiple fractures to the skull, while a 29...

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday condemned an apparent assassination attempt on a prominent news anchor and critic of the president who said assailants had opened fire on ...

A 22-year-old man has been arrested following a raid on his home in Ypsonas Limassol during which police found fireworks, flares, Molotov cocktails, smoke bombs and drugs, they said. Following ...

The acts of violence that have recently been recorded at a Limassol high school were on Saturday condemned by the Pancyprian Federation of Parents’ Associations, which said they tarnish the ...

Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Friday, before thousands led her casket through Jerusalem’s Old City in ...

Primary schools across the island staged initiatives condemning violence on Monday, in the aftermath of last week’s attacks on schools which included arson and a bombing. Encouraged by primary ...

Police on Wednesday said they arrested two more suspects in relation to Saturday’s violent attack at the U19 championship Apoel-Pafos FC match in Kouklia, in which the Paphos team’...

Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as grievances unleashed by the jailing ...

Cyprus has been cited in the latest US State Department Human Rights Report for lapses on certain human rights issues including “serious acts of corruption” crimes involving violence or threats ...

Nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, pervasive criminal behaviour that has increased during the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) ...