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Utah prosecutors on Tuesday formally charged the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination with aggravated murder and intend to seek the death penalty if he is convicted. Tyler ...

Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring “Gaza is burning” as Palestinians there described the most intense bombardment they had faced in two years of ...

The construction of the Nicosia-Palaichori highway is progressing, said Transport Minister Alexis Vafeades on Tuesday. Speaking at the site, Vafeades said that while the project has experienced a minor delay, ...

Five Greek Cypriots who tried to visit their properties in northern Cyprus remain illegally detained by the Turkish-controlled authorities, the country’s Foreign Minister, Konstantinos Kombos, said on Tuesday. He ...

The centre of excellence Eratosthenes of the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) and the municipality of Paralimni-Deryneia have agreed to extend their strategic cooperation for the next four years. The ...

Circus, street performances, theatre and dance are to fill Limassol this autumn as the ArtCargo Festival lands in Cyprus for the first time. Blurring the lines between art and everyday ...

More than 75 projects for the Paphos district, with a total budget exceeding €230 million were outlined on Tuesday evening by President Nikos Christodoulides, who was addressing local authorities from the district. ...

MPs on Tuesday decried the vast trade imbalance between Cyprus and China, with the trade surplus for the East Asian country said to be in the range of €1 billion. At ...

Democracy must not only be taught in classrooms but also lived in everyday practice, Citizens’ rights commissioner Panayiotis Palates said on Tuesday presenting a study on democratic education. Pupils, teachers, ...

Parliamentary presidents from small European states on Tuesday condemned violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity, reaffirming at the same time their support for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus issue ...

A bill which would do away with MPs’ blanket immunity from prosecution has been gathering dust for some 12 years as it lacks the required support in parliament, media reports said ...

The fascination with meme tokens such as SHIB and PEPE has often revolved around social media hype and quick speculation, but the lack of genuine utility has left many investors ...

Kenya’s peerless Faith Kipyegon underlined her status as one of the greatest athletes of all time when she convincingly claimed a fourth 1,500 metres world title on Tuesday to go ...

Bond investors are buying longer-term maturities up to 10-year debt and ramping up bets on a steeper yield curve, anticipating that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this week ...

Delinquency “starts in the family”, Education Minister Athena Michaelidou said on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening of a new sports hall at a school in Paphos, she said that “not ...

Both Finance Minister Makis Keravnos and the organisation representing employers and industrialists expressed confidence on Tuesday that the roadmap for the planned tax reform is on schedule. The planned tax ...

Nissan Motor has reportedly slashed its production plan for the new model of its Leaf electric vehicle by more than half for the September to November period, according to the ...

Farmers in Greece face the risk of a nationwide ban on the movement of goat and sheep if veterinarians and stockbreeders don’t step up health checks and hygiene measures ...

Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus on Tuesday told a visiting contingent of over 150 Turkish Cypriot mukhtars that there is “no other way” to find a solution to the Cyprus problem ...

Russia and Belarus are rehearsing the launch of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as part of joint war games, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday. State media quoted the Belarusian ...

Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading man and an influential supporter of independent films through his Sundance Institute, had died at the ...

Three ancient coins were donated to the antiquities department after they were found among donations given to the Sophia for Children organisation, it announced on Tuesday. The three coins were ...

Britain’s jobs market has lost a little more steam, official data showed on Tuesday, potentially easing worries at the Bank of England about persistent inflation pressures. The Office for ...

By Karen Taylor Cyprus has long been recognised as a crossroads of civilisations, located as it is between Asia, Europe and the Middle East. In much the same way, the ...