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Twitter Inc’s stock tumbled over 6% on Monday after its move to permanently suspend U.S. President Donald Trump‘s widely-followed account spurred concern among investors over the future regulation ...

The House human rights committee said on Monday that recent programmes and measures will help ensure that women who face domestic violence will receive support from the state. President of ...

Pope Francis, in another step towards greater equality for women in the Roman Catholic Church, on Monday changed its law to formally codify their roles as altar servers, distributors of ...

Five deaths from coronavirus and 288 new cases of the virus were announced on Monday. The health ministry said the five deaths were four men aged 70, 77 and two aged 89, along with ...

The U.S. House of Representatives expects to begin considering a second impeachment of Donald Trump on Wednesday, a top Democrat said on Monday after the president was formally accused ...

More than 450,000 text messages were sent for permission for movement on Sunday, the first day of the lockdown. According to Deputy Minister for Innovation and Digital Policy, Kyriacos Kokkinos, no ...

In this video, we meet Daniel Arsham, an American contemporary artist based in New York City. His works revolve strongly around the concept of a hypothetical future time, drawing on ...

The health ministry announced the rapid test locations for Tuesday, as detailed below: Province Sampling points Hours Limassol Lidl parking lot (Franklin Roosevelt Street 45) 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. ‘Sigma’ ...

A two-state solution could never be Disy’s choice, the ruling party’s leader Averof Neophytou said on Monday in an apparent criticism of his deputy leader’s comments that ...

The first doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to arrive in Cyprus this week, by Wednesday at the latest, the health ministry said on Monday afternoon. It was not ...

Every pet deserves a loving and respectful home: please only consider acquiring a pet if you will be able to take care of its long-term needs. A leash is the ...

A court in Cyprus has ruled that a private agreement between MEP Demetris Papadakis and his former party Edek was null and void, as it contravened European Parliament regulations. In ...

Oman’s sultan announced on Monday a constitutional shakeup that includes the appointment of a crown prince for the first time and new rules on how parliament will work, state ...

Jordan has delighted visitors for centuries with its World Heritage Sites, friendly towns and inspiring desert expanses. Here, every step forward, takes you back, as the Hashemite Arab kingdom holds ...

More than 80 per cent of public schools now have access to speedier internet and the project is expected to be concluded by the end of January, the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority ...

A minimum pension, subsidies to working mothers and photovoltaics in mountain areas were among Edek’s proposals incorporated in the revised budget, its chairman Marinos Sizopoulos said on Monday. Edek ...

Leaders of both communities met with UN secretary-general’s special envoy, Jane Holl Lute, on Monday, laying the groundwork for a possible informal five-party meeting. President Nicos Anastasiades conveyed to ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered on Monday that plans be advanced to construct some 800 homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, an official statement said. The announcement ...

Cyta, the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority, is projecting after-tax profits of €39.3 million in 2021, some €3m more than the previous year, its chairwoman told the House finance committee on Monday. Presenting the ...

Relations between the government and auditor-general Odysseas Michaelides are deteriorating, President Nicos Anastasiades has said, accusing the official of allowing himself to be ‘weaponised’ by the opposition. In the second ...

The health ministry is ditching the practice of opening its vaccination portal for appointments at the stroke of midnight after a flood of protests by people squeezed out by those ...

The United States plans to designate Yemen’s Houthi movement as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a move that diplomats and aid groups worry could ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s Premier League match at Aston Villa on Wednesday has been postponed due to a number of COVID-19 cases at the Midlands club, with Spurs now set to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday brought together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for the first time since a war last year over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, an effort to ...