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Burkina Faso’s ruling junta has dismissed interim Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and dissolved the government, a decree issued by the office of military leader Ibrahim Traore ...

A former Allianz fund manager was spared prison time on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private investment funds sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic that caused an estimated $7 ...

A fire broke out late on Friday afternoon at the Paphos desalination plant, between Mandria and Kouklia, causing extensive damage. The fire was reported to have spread rapidly, almost completely ...

Clashes broke out between police and protesters in Athens on Friday after thousands marched to mark the 16th anniversary of the police killing of a teenage boy, whose death triggered ...

Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim ruling parties and armed groups are weighing the pros and cons of armed intervention in Syria, viewing as a grave threat the advance of Sunni Islamist ...

Israeli forces stormed into Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in north Gaza on Friday and expelled some staff and displaced people before withdrawing, and bodies of people killed by ...

A pack of stray dogs has been reported roaming the Pedieos linear park in Nicosia and Strovolos municipality is still trying to catch the canines. The municipality said it has ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will travel to Paris to attend the re-opening of Notre-Dame cathedral on Saturday and could use the trip to hold talks with US President-elect Donald ...

The saga of the scandal-struck monastery of Osios Avakoum in Fterikoudi entered its final chapter this week, with the Holy Synod ruling in favour of upholding the disgraced monks’ defrocking. ...

MP Rita Theodorou Superman assumed the presidency of the parliamentary assembly coordinating mechanism of UNOCT – the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism – on Friday, expressing concern over the Middle East crisis, which ...

Cyprus is paving the way for sustainable and forward-thinking investment strategies, as explored in this weekend’s Cyprus 4.0 supplement, free with the Sunday Mail. From ESG commitments and real estate ...

Discussions on a bill regulating the operation of foreign university branches in Cyprus have entered their final stretch and the wording of the bill has been finalised, Education Minister Athena ...

Over 250 hairdressing products, as well as a large haul of duty-free tobacco products, were confiscated earlier this week at Ayios Dhometios crossing point and over €5,000 were collected in fines. On ...

One of the most interesting and multi-dimensional musicians on the Greek scene, Fotis Siotas is embarking on a winter tour in Cyprus, along with his talented collaborators Dimitris Tsekouras on ...

The attorney-general’s office is “handling” the question of the requisite parliamentary quorum for constitutional reform to be enacted, attorney-general George Savvides said on Friday. The question had arisen after ...

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 40 km (25 miles), EMSC said.

The addictions authority on Friday called on consumers to “rethink their relationship with alcohol”. The call was made as part of alcohol awareness week, which the authority launched this year ...

Mike Tyson is being sued in a London court for nearly €1.5 million ($1.59 million) for allegedly breaking a deal to promote a gambling company in order to fight social media influencer-turned-prizefighter ...

The European Commission and the UN development programme (UNDP) have signed a €2.6 million agreement to support the committee on missing persons in Cyprus (CMP). The funding will assist the CMP ...

The police on Friday declared that they are “ready to maintain security and order” ahead of a planned protest on Sunday in support of the “mujahideen fighting in Idlib and ...

Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region and Kryvyi Rih on Friday killed at least nine people and wounded 20 more, regional officials said. At least seven people were killed in ...

Government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis on Friday called on former Disy leader Averof Neophytou to recognise the achievements of the Christodoulides administration and to stop showing animosity. In a post on ...

Turkish language professor Oguz Karakartal was called as a witness on Friday as the trial of Cypriot journalist Ali Kismir, who stands accused of having “insulted” the Turkish Cypriot armed ...

Denting Liverpool’s title ambitions will be a big enough incentive for local rivals Everton on Saturday but the fact it is also the last Merseyside Premier League derby at ...