#Iran crisis

The sounding of sirens and the activation of relevant security protocols at the British air force base Akrotiri overnight were precautionary measures, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on late Wednesday ...

President Donald Trump is discussing with his advisors what role the U.S could have in Iran after the military campaign while U.S. intelligence is monitoring reports that Mojtaba ...

The repatriation flight that brought 180 Cypriots back to the island from Dubai amid the current tensions in the Middle East safely landed at Larnaca airport on Wednesday evening, with passengers ...

The test emergency SMS that was scheduled to be sent to Cyprus residents at 7pm on Wednesday led to confusion among recipients, with some reporting receiving it early, delayed or ...

Iran’s government is making a strong case for its demise by indiscriminately attacking its neighbours, EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas told reporters on Wednesday. “Iran’s strategy is ...

The German government appeals to all involved parties not to extent the ongoing conflict in the Middle East to Europe, but is currently not planning to provide military support to ...

The U.S.–Iran war widened on Wednesday after a U.S. strike hit an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, deepening a crisis that has paralysed shipping through the Strait ...

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday insisted that the United Kingdom had not been left unprepared for the possibility of a conflict in the Middle East or attacks ...

The British military is “working as fast as possible” in its efforts to ready the HMS Dragon Type 45 destroyer warship for its deployment to Cyprus, a spokesperson for the British ...

A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington’s pursuit of the Iranian navy. Sri ...

Britain needs to keep a cool head over the conflict in the Middle East to address the public’s concerns about escalation, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Wednesday. Starmer ...

Dozens of the passenger flights which had been scheduled to arrive at or depart from the Republic of Cyprus’ two passenger airports were cancelled on Wednesday, the airports’ operator Hermes ...

A British chartered flight will leave Oman on Wednesday evening, prioritising vulnerable UK nationals who want to leave the region after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East, the ...

The Israeli military ordered the evacuation of a swathe of southern Lebanon on Wednesday, telling residents to move north of the Litani River on a third day of full-blown hostilities ...

Mojtaba Khamenei, the powerful son of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is alive and favoured to emerge as his father’s successor, two Iranian sources told Reuters on ...

The “pride of the Greek fleet” has been sent to defend Cyprus, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told his country’s parliament on Wednesday, while speaking about the frigate Kimon ...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday doubled down on his opposition to the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel, warning that the conflict risked triggering a ...

Iranians will bid farewell to late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in Tehran late on Wednesday, a senior Iranian official told state media. Hojjatoleslam Mahmoudi, head of ...

The United States has authorised the departure of non-essential government personnel and their family members from Cyprus, while urging American citizens to reconsider travel to the island, citing heightened security ...

U.S. forces continued a round-the-clock assault on Iran and Israel mounted a “broad wave” of strikes on Wednesday targeting Iranian missile sites and air defence systems in a campaign ...

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday evening confirmed that the frigate Languedoc was due to arrive in Cypriot waters imminently, with the aim of acting as a deterrent after the ...

Cyprus was the likely launchpad as British fighter jets engaged and shot down drones flying in Jordanian airspace on Tuesday evening. The British defence ministry announced that F-35 fighter jets ...

The United Kingdom’s continued possession of two sovereign base areas in Cyprus is “a great mistake of history”, Turkish Cypriot opposition political party CTP deputy leader Asim Akansoy said ...

Explosions tore through Tehran and Beirut on Tuesday and stock markets around the world tumbled while oil prices soared at the prospect of a prolonged disruption to global energy supplies ...