#Middle East crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that all mines had been detonated or removed from international waters of the Strait of Hormuz and that Iran has been told ...

Donald Trump’s envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner left Jerusalem on Monday without a breakthrough after two days of talks with Israeli and Hamas leaders over a stalled U.S. ...

Israel and Lebanon are expected to sign a framework agreement in Washington on Friday, senior Israeli officials said. The Israeli officials did not immediately provide further details.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Iran had agreed to nuclear inspections into “infinity, despite Tehran’s denials, and that unfrozen Iranian assets would be used to buy ...

A cohort of Australian women and children linked to the Islamic State militant group has returned home from a Syrian refugee camp, the second such group to arrive back in ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Kostas Koumis did the right thing on Tuesday when he introduced a sense of perspective and reason to public discourse about the lower tourist figures in ...

President Nikos Christodoulides during a press conference at the Informal EU Heads of State summit in Nicosia on Friday, urged restraint and diplomacy amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, ...

Israeli troops launched an attack on Monday to seize a key town in south Lebanon from Hezbollah fighters holed up there, pressing the war on the Iran-backed group on the ...

Ryanair RYA.I CEO ​Michael O’Leary said jet fuel supply to Europe could be disrupted from June if the Middle East conflict does not end in the next month, ...

Ukraine on Saturday agreed to cooperate on defence with the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy travelled to both countries amid escalating tensions in the region. Qatar’...

A total of 37 flights to and from Larnaca airport have been cancelled on Thursday due to hostilities in the Middle East. According to Larnaca airport data, 18 arrivals and 19 departures have ...

Iran fired at Israel and targets across the Middle East on Wednesday, while at least three ships were hit in the Gulf, demonstrating Tehran can still fight back and disrupt ...

Australia’s Qantas Airways QAN.AX, Scandinavia’s SAS and Air New Zealand AIR.NZ announced airfare hikes on Tuesday, blaming an abrupt spike in the cost of fuel caused ...

President Nikos Christodoulides, during a teleconference with several other European leaders on Tuesday, warned that the current developments in the Middle East will have direct effects on the EU’s ...

An anti-war demonstration will take place on Saturday outside the presidential palace in Nicosia, organisers said on Friday, urging the public to protest Cyprus’ involvement in the ongoing regional conflict. ...

Thirty-nine flights have been cancelled on Friday to and from Larnaca airport, amid the Middle East crisis. According to airport data, the flights affected are 22 arrivals and 17 departures, to and ...

The regional hostilities were discussed on Thursday during a phone call between President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Cyprus News Agency sources said they exchanged views on ...

The conflict in the Middle East was discussed on Friday between Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. State department deputy spokesman Tommy Pigott said the ...

Cyprus’ “unwavering support” for Ukraine was reiterated on Monday at the EU foreign affairs council, just hours before the February 24 fourth anniversary of Russia’s offensive. Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos ...

The British government’s ban on pro-Palestinian campaign group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is unlawful, London’s High Court ruled on Friday after a legal challenge by the ...

The United States is withdrawing some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbours ...

A total of 101 French nationals arrived at Larnaca airport from Israel on Tuesday, having been evacuated from the Middle East as the conflict in the region continues, foreign ministry spokesman ...

Military transport aircraft have arrived in Cyprus in the framework of Estia plan to evacuate war-torn areas in the Middle East, as friendly countries are requesting assistance in getting their ...

The latest developments in the Middle East were discussed on Monday in Limassol between the defence ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Vasilis Palmas and Nikos Dendias respectively. In a post ...