The leader of the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon threatened the Republic of Cyprus. Hezbollah has a vast arsenal of missiles and drones to carry through on its threat. Hezbollah may be using Cyprus as a “stand in” to threaten Greece, a regional expert said. The leader of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon threatened the […]
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule from a pivotal period in the Mediterranean world following the death of Alexander the Great. But determining the date of the […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese government officials worked Thursday to maintain friendly relations with Cyprus a day after the militant Hezbollah group threatened to attack the Mediterranean island if it allows Israel to use its territories to attack Lebanon. Lebanon’s state news agency said Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib told his Cypriot counterpart that Beirut relies on […]
By Laila Bassam and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) – The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Wednesday that nowhere in Israel would be safe if a full-fledged war breaks out between the two foes, and he also threatened Cyprus and other parts of the Mediterannean. Hezbollah has been trading fire with Israel for more than […]
A Cyprus health official said a second elderly person has died from heatstroke after a weeklong heatwave that baked the east Mediterranean island nation with reportedly record temperatures for the month of June. An 84-year-old woman died a day after being admitted to hospital on Friday, said State Health Services Organisation spokesman Charalambos Charilaou. He […]
Claim: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy purchased a casino resort in Cyprus in May 2024. Rating: Rating: False In early June 2024, accounts on X began sharing the claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy — at the height of his country’s fight against Russian military occupation — purchased a resort in Cyprus named the Vuni Palace […]
The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers who fought in Cyprus against invading Turkish troops nearly half a century ago were returned to their families on Thursday. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides attended a funeral service at Ayios Panteleimonas Orthodox Church in the capital, Nicosia, for the 15 soldiers before their remains were contained in Greek […]
A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the US-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’s foreign minister said on Thursday. The US vessel, loaded with much-needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the aim of transferring as […]
A shipment of humanitarian aid has left a port in Cyprus and is on its way to the US-built pier in Gaza, the first delivery to the newly built ramp, Cyprus’s foreign minister said on Thursday. The US vessel, loaded with much-needed humanitarian assistance, departed from the Larnaca port with the aim of transferring as […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency said Friday that Cypriot efforts at sea to stop numerous Syrian refugee-laden boats departing Lebanon from reaching the European Union-member island nation mustn’t contravene international human rights laws or put passengers at risk. Cypriot authorities have reportedly dispatched police patrol vessels just outside Lebanese territorial waters […]
An official in Cyprus says aid ships that arrived in Gaza this week will return to the Mediterranean island nation carrying some 240 tonnes of undelivered aid after an air strike killed seven aid workers. Foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said that around 100 tons of aid had been unloaded before World Central Kitchen, an […]
An official in Cyprus says aid ships that arrived in Gaza this week will return to the Mediterranean island nation carrying some 240 tons of undelivered aid after an air strike killed seven aid workers. Foreign Ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis said that around 100 tons of aid had been unloaded before World Central Kitchen, an […]