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Soldiers returning from leave to a United Nations intervention brigade in Democratic Republic of Congo opened fire at a border post, leading to an unknown number of deaths, the U....

Part of the Beirut port grain silos collapsed on Sunday afternoon, sending a large cloud of dust and smoke into the sky, a Reuters witness said, nearly two years after ...

After a long, long battle the Ibrahim family was granted permission to go to the UK. Some members went, but Said says it’s too late Said Ibrahim gazes at ...

At least 26 people, including children, have died in floods unleashed by torrential rains in eastern Kentucky, and more fatalities are predicted with authorities expecting to continue finding bodies for weeks, ...

The so-called ‘missing minutes’ of a meeting on July 4, 2017 during Cyprus talks in Crans-Montana were published on Sunday by Phileleftheros, further muddying what happened during the failed negotiations. The talks ...

Within the next few days the work required by the agriculture ministry for the controversial Akamas local plan is expected to be completed, Minister Costas Kadis said on Sunday. Kadis ...

You have probably already read – some of you have probably already studied – the work of the twelve-member Eastern Mediterranean Think Tank, which constitutes a coherent and comprehensive proposal for the ...

A 60-year-old Greek Cypriot businessman saw his car go up in flames in the early hours of Sunday when two men on a motorcycle rode up and set it alight, ...

Pilots at German flagship carrier Lufthansa LHAG.DE voted on Sunday by a margin of 97.6% in favour of industrial action, threatening further disruption during the busy summer travel season. Strikes ...

The three villages of Vavatsinia, Ayioi Vavatsinias and Akapnou, all of which were badly affected by the Arakapas fire last summer, on Sunday said that money donated privately to buy ...

New efforts to prevent people from diving from the dangerous rocky coastline in Cape Greco appear to have failed in stopping visitors from trying their luck and risking their lives ...

Philippines former President Fidel Valdez Ramos, who died on Sunday, was a fighter during wars in Korea and Vietnam and a survivor in the political arena, emerging from a high-ranking ...

By Louisa Borg Haviara Human trafficking is divided into forced labour and sex trafficking. According to the latest Global Slavery index (2018) over 40 million men, women or children, are current victims ...

Cyprus expects the creation of conditions that will allow the UN Secretary-General to activate discussion on “the bold” confidence-building measures (CBMs) it has submitted, but also the resumption of a ...

Outgoing British High Commissioner Stephen Lillie has served in Cyprus since 2018 and had to oversee the Brexit process. In a farewell interview with the Cyprus Mail he answers questions on ...

Ukrainian forces struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Russian-held Sevastopol early on Sunday, the Crimean port city’s governor said, while Ukraine reported heavy Russian attacks ...

The possibility of the first grain-exporting ship leaving Ukraine’s ports on Monday is high, a spokesperson for President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. “If all (details) are completed by ...

After the U.S. government started the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history in April, it is asking victims to share recovery costs on private land, jeopardizing relief ...

Presidential candidate Achilleas Demetriades shifted gear in his campaign as the first stop for his minibus took him to the Fengaros music festival. He jokingly told us that Fengaros – which ...

On Sunday, Cyprus began marking 45 years since the death of Archbishop Makarios who died on August 3, 1977 with a special church service to commemorate the anniversary ahead of further events on ...

Russian opponents of Moscow’s war in Ukraine who live in Cyprus say they are being targeted by Russian propaganda to the point of veiled death threats but Cypriot authorities ...

A 22-year-old man from Nigeria was taken to Paphos general hospital on Saturday after he was attacked with a knife by a compatriot in an apartment complex in Chlorakas. According ...

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi starts a tour of four Asian countries on Sunday, her office said, without mentioning Taiwan amid intense speculation she might visit the ...

A bedridden paraplegic man narrowly escaped death on Saturday evening after a fire broke out in his house in Chlorakas in Paphos. With the help of neighbours, firefighters managed to ...