Unions from both sides call for talks to resume without ‘blame games’
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot unions on Wednesday jointly called for reconciliation and cooperation to mark World Peace Day in memory of the millions of...
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Ethiopia sees war ending, EU complains of partisan aid access
Ethiopia said it had captured or killed most commanders of a rebellious northern force, while Tigray’s fugitive local leader countered on Friday that civilians were...
African envoys head for Ethiopia where thousands of war dead reported
African Union envoys headed to Ethiopia on Wednesday hours before a government ultimatum was to expire for northern forces to surrender in a three-week war that has...
London doctor awarded for helping Syria’s ‘burnt-out heroes’ in hell
When a children’s hospital in Aleppo was decimated in 2016 after multiple bombings, British-Syrian doctor Rola Hallam decided to turn her grief into action. Within...
Arab states launch biggest assault of Yemen war
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...
German war graves unearthed at construction site in Estonia
Building workers at a construction site close the Estonian capital Tallinn have discovered the unmarked graves of an estimated one hundred German soldiers who died during...
‘Expect more war, hunger, Islamist violence in 2018’
Humanitarian crises around the world will worsen next year with no let-up in African civil wars, near-famines in conflict-ridden regions and the threat of Islamist violence,...
FBME: Assad’s WMD front company implicated in Magnitsky case
A report drafted by the accounting firm Ernst & Young (EY) on FBME Bank (Cyprus) in 2014 appears to implicate Balec Ventures Inc, a front company linked...
Public safety in time of war
During World War II the Defence of the Realm Regulations enabled the relevant minister of the government to intern without trial any person if the...
Yemen: the stupidest war
“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...
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...
Merkel, Hollande together mark 100 years since Verdun
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande together marked the 100-year anniversary of the Battle of Verdun on Sunday, laying a wreath at...
Wounded US soldier soon to receive first US penis transplant
A US soldier wounded in an explosion will be the first person in the United States to receive a penis transplant, doctors at Johns Hopkins...
Impact of sanctions on trade turn Black Sea to dead sea, Cyprus shipowner says
By Stelios Orphanides Increased geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe are further exacerbating the pressure on rates for bulk and container cargo...
Blair apologises for mistakes of Iraq war but still glad Saddam removed
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged the 2003 invasion of Iraq played a part in the rise of the Islamic State militant group, and...
There is no acceptable face of war
By Gavin Jones WITH DETAILED images readily available of executions carried out by the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq doing the rounds on social...
Obama vows US will not fight another ground war in Iraq
President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday the United States will not fight another ground war in Iraq, seeking to reassure Americans about the level of US involvement after a...
A question of war
By Zoe Christodoulides SOME PEOPLE get a kick out of taking risks, with the bout of nervousness quickly followed by a feeling of excitement or...
A brutal war prepared Clerides for peace
When Glafcos Clerides left office ten years ago, he was the last head of state to have seen active service in the Second World War....