Thousands of Gaza residents broke into warehouses and distribution centres of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) grabbing flour…
Second stage of operations in Gaza – Civilians to move to the south, Israelis demand
The war between Israel and Hamas has entered a fierce escalation, with Benjamin Netanyahu and his country’s military forces officially…
Bombarded Gazans seek news of loved ones as blackout eases
Gazans struggled to find their loved ones and heard news of family members killed as communications gradually returned to the…
‘A slice of pastry heaven’: 81-year-old bakery in Nicosia up for sale
Owner of iconic bakery Hurricane in the old city since 1942 says it’s time to retire If tradition had a…
G7 calls for immediate repeal of bans on Japanese food, pressing China
The Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers called on Sunday for the “immediate repeal” of import curbs on Japanese food…
Israel wages ground campaign in Gaza, comms blackout slowly ending
Israeli forces waged ground operations against Hamas in Gaza on Sunday in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the…
Cyprus: self-serving government budgets again
The proposed Government budgets for 2024 to 2026 presented to the House of Representatives in early October 2023 are once…
Israel’s Netanyahu says wasn’t shown intel of planned Hamas attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday took a jab at his intelligence chiefs, saying they never warned him Hamas…
Marathoners in Beijing go maskless, unfazed by smog
Runners undeterred by thick smog engulfing the Chinese capital ran the Beijing Marathon maskless on Sunday, many wearing shorts in…
Behind Biden’s shift on Israel-Hamas war – Gaza deaths, international pressure
By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk US President Joe Biden and his team have markedly shifted their tone…