Health officials in Nigeria say a yellow fever outbreak has killed 76 in three states. A total of 35 deaths were reported from Delta State, 33 deaths were from Enugu State and eight deaths from […]
Demetris Syllouris, the disgraced speaker of the Cyprus parliament, has resigned after corruption allegations which placed him and other officials in dodgy passport sales. The claims were contained in a report by Al Jazeera’s investigative […]
A group of 21 irregular migrants from Syria and Lebanon arrived on a boat on the southeastern coast of Cyprus, the police said in a statement on Tuesday. It said the group included 10 men, […]
Cypriot broadcaster Sigma reports that the flagship of the French fleet, the aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle’ accompanied by other naval vessels and submarines is expected to sail directly to the Eastern Mediterranean. The channel […]
The World Bank estimates the value of physical damage caused by the explosions that rocked Beirut’s port on Aug. 4 at between 3.8 billion U.S. dollars and 4.6 billion dollars. “The country will need international […]
Cyprus’ Meteorological Service issued a hot weather red alert on Monday, forecasting a high temperature of 44 degrees Celsius in the eastern Mediterranean island. The last day of August traditionally marks the end of the […]
ARSON is suspected to be the cause of a fire which swept through a district in Paphos early Monday. A spokesman from the fire department said an investigation has been launched. The blaze, which approached […]
Eleven people have been detained near the village of Vassilia, near Kyrenia, in Turkish occupied Cyprus after arriving on a small boat early this morning. Reports suggest the group were arrested by the ‘police’ on […]
(Famagusta Gazette) Doctors in Russia have said opposition figure Alexei Navalny – who supporters believe was poisoned – remains too ill to be moved to Berlin for treatment. Navalny, the founder of an anti-corruption foundation, […]
German stocks were off to a good start on Monday, with the benchmark DAX index rising 61.1 points, or 0.50 percent, opening at 12,374.46 points. The biggest winner among Germany’s largest 30 companies at the […]
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