#Iran crisis

Cyprus has activated its repatriation plan to bring home hundreds of its citizens stranded by the war in Iran and the wider Levant, with authorities saying the priority is the ...

British foreign secretary Yvette Cooper said on Monday that her team was looking at all options, including evacuation, to help hundreds of thousands of UK citizens leave Gulf countries which ...

Hezbollah attacked Israel on Monday to avenge the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, prompting Israeli strikes on Beirut and setting the group at odds with Lebanese leaders ...

The port of Limassol is ready to provide its facilities for potential evacuations of people from conflict zones via Cyprus through the government’s ‘Estia’ plan, should the need arise, ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday said the European Union stands “collectively, firmly, and unequivocally” with Cyprus, after a drone hit the island’s British Akrotiri air ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday stressed that Cypriot forces are “not participating in any way” in military action in the widening conflict in the Middle East, after the British air ...

The British bases’ authorities on Monday said it is planning a “temporary dispersal” of non-essential staff at the Akrotiri air force base after the base was hit by a drone ...

From being just a fringe risk, conflict in the Middle East has become a top worry for investors unsettled by the prospect of a power struggle in Iran and a ...

Israel launched new air strikes targeting Tehran and expanded its military campaign to include attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump signaled ...

The government is “monitoring the situation” after the British Akrotiri air force base was struck by a drone at around midnight, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Monday. He wrote ...

The United Kingdom’s Akrotiri air force base in Cyprus has been hit by a drone, the Cyprus Mail learned in the early hours of Monday morning. Personnel on the ...

At least three tankers were damaged off the Gulf coast and one seafarer was killed as Iranian retaliation for U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran exposed ships to collateral ...

Three U.S. service members have been killed and another five have been seriously wounded, in the first casualties of the unfolding U.S. operations against Iran, the U.S. ...

US President Donald Trump told Fox News on Sunday that 48 leaders have been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. “It’s moving along. It’s moving along ...

Demonstrations against the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran turned violent in Pakistan and Iraq on Sunday, while in other parts of the world Iranian exiles took to the ...

Cyprus remains a constant pillar of security and humanitarian contribution in the region, government spokesman Konstantinos Letympiotis said on Sunday night after an extraordinary meeting of the National Secruty Council. ...

Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Tehran on Sunday, saying it aimed to dominate the skies after killing Iran’s supreme leader and leaving the Islamic Republic grappling ...

As Iran fired a barrage of drones and missiles at Gulf States in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes, some in Dubai ran for cover and others froze at windows, ...

At least 150 tankers, including crude and LNG vessels, dropped anchor in open Gulf waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz and dozens more were stationary on the other side of the ...

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Sunday that the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was “a defining moment in Iran’s history”. “What ...

Pope Leo said on Sunday that he is following events after US-Israeli strikes against Iran with “deep concern” and made an impassioned appeal to stop what he called a “spiral ...

Some Iranians grieved while others celebrated the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, exposing a deep fault line in a country stunned by the sudden demise of the man ...

Global air travel remained heavily disrupted on Sunday as continued air strikes kept major Middle Eastern airports, including Dubai, the world’s busiest international hub, closed in one of the ...

Loud blasts were heard in Dubai and Qatari capital Doha for a second day on Sunday and Oman was hit for the first time as retaliatory strikes on neighbouring Gulf ...