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Iran says new sanctions threatened by ‘desperate’ US will fail
11+ hour, 52+ min ago (531+ words) Iran’s foreign minister dismissed the threat of new U.S. sanctions as a sign of desperation on Sunday and said the expected new measures would fail to defeat Tehran. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is due to hold a press…...
Mecca and the new Middle East: what it means for Cyprus
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (810+ words) The Mecca Agreement, signed on August 7 by Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan, matters less for the alliance it creates than for the Middle East it may foreshadow. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described it as technically equivalent to Nato’s Article…...
Paphos pushes for cameras in parks amid repeated vandalism
10+ hour, 53+ min ago (246+ words) Paphos acting mayor Angelos Onisiforou on Sunday called for the installation of surveillance cameras in parks and other public spaces to be accelerated following repeated incidents of vandalism and damage to municipal property. In a statement, Onisiforou said protecting public…...
Nordic nations say they have lost confidence in Infantino and FIFA governance
11+ hour, 38+ min ago (413+ words) Six Nordic football associations delivered a united blow to FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Sunday, declaring they had lost confidence in his leadership while demanding sweeping governance reforms at world soccer’s governing body. The six Nordic FIFA members — Denmark, Finland,…...
Wartime election would ‘destroy’ Ukraine, Zelenskiy says
13+ hour, 3+ min ago (305+ words) Holding a wartime election in Ukraine while active fighting with Russia continues would “destroy” the country by splitting Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. His comments, released to reporters on Sunday, were Zelenskiy’s first on the subject since ousted former Defence…...
Putin wants to draft 300,000 new troops, Zelenskiy says
14+ hour, 29+ min ago (478+ words) Ukraine thinks Russia is planning to draft an additional 300,000 troops for its war effort after Russian parliamentary elections in mid-September, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Moscow’s forces are pressing ahead with an effort to capture the rest of eastern Ukraine’s…...
Our View: Pension reform is not an excuse for more electioneering
19+ hour, 29+ min ago (549+ words) Cyprus Mail...
At least 13 Tunisians missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, group says
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (256+ words) At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy, and two people were rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday. The boat set off early on Thursday,…...
US, Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (663+ words) The United States and Iran exchanged defiant messages ahead of Monday’s scheduled announcement of new U.S. economic sanctions that could impact the Islamic Republic and Tehran’s most important trading partners including China. As the war neared six months old, the…...
Palace hails ‘systematic coordination’ with Greek govt
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (426+ words) The presidential palace on Saturday acclaimed the current level of cooperation between the governments of Cyprus and Greece, saying that the holding of regular intergovernmental summits between the two countries has “established a stable coordination mechanism between the two countries…...