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Limassol brawl: Man risks losing eye as four Ukrainians remanded in custody (updated)

Four Ukrainian nationals have been remanded in custody for six days following a violent brawl in Limassol's Saripolou area...
World

Russia, Ukraine hold US-backed talks as Trump eyes broad deal

Russian and Ukrainian officials were due to begin two days of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, their...
Politics

MEP Fidias accused of serving Russian propaganda by Ukrainian Myrotvorets database

Greek Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou was added on Friday to the database of Myrotvorets, a Ukrainian website criticised internationally...
World

Death toll from Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre reaches 42, police say

The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Monday...
World

War widens in the Black Sea in a test of NATO red lines

After seven strikes on cargo ships near NATO members Romania and Bulgaria last month, the US-led military alliance said...
World

Russian strikes leave hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian homes without power

Hundreds of thousands of households across Ukraine lost electricity on Sunday after Russian forces struck energy infrastructure in four...
World

Starving residents leave Russian-held Oleshky in Ukraine war’s first joint aid operation

Russia and Ukraine began their first joint relief operation of the war on Friday, evacuating residents from the Russian-held...
World

UK pledges record £10bn package to support Ukraine

Britain will give Ukraine a further 10 billion pounds in economic and military support, the UK government announced in...
Opinion

The ‘German’ problem is becoming ours

German industry employed around 496,000 fewer people on German soil at the end of 2025 than in 2019, a...
World

Russia bombs Kyiv and Ukraine fires drones towards Moscow, despite talk of renewing negotiations

Russia pounded Kyiv with ballistic missiles and Ukraine sent hundreds of drones towards Moscow on Thursday, as the warring...
World

Putin frees former Cyprus teacher jailed in Russia as Ukraine mercenary

A retired American schoolteacher who once taught English in Cyprus has arrived back in the United States after Russian...
World

EU turns to Canada and UK as Ukraine’s funding gap threatens long-term support

Brussels is seeking a broader international burden-sharing agreement as doubts grow over whether its €90 billion loan will cover...
World

US envoy to discuss freeing former Cyprus teacher held in Russia as Ukraine mercenary

The case of a retired American who once taught English in Cyprus and is now serving a prison sentence...
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