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After days of fierce protest in cities around Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed the demonstrations as vandalism and wanton destruction.

They don’t like nation building, but they do want to project American power.

The amounts of money, time and political uncertainty trouble executives at large Western oil companies, who plan to meet with President Trump on Friday.

In an interview published on Thursday, Trump also suggested that NATO is toothless without the US, claiming his own morality guided his decisions on US military actions.

Venezuela released a "significant number" of high-profile opposition figures, activists and journalists in a gesture to seek peace, just days after the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

Russia has hit Ukraine’s Lviv region with its intermediate-range ballistic missile Oreshnik.

The authorities are considering three sites for the construction of a new prison in Cyprus to address the overcrowding issue.

Paphos is firmly establishing itself as a place for short vacations for residents of Cyprus, not just for foreign tourists, which helps to develop domestic tourism.

At night in Limassol, a firecracker exploded near a residential building, thrown together with a lit object.

Nestlé has recalled several packages of infant formula from the Cyprus market due to the potential presence of a toxin.

Cloudy with local rain and isolated thunderstorms on Friday in Cyprus.

Mladenov is a former Bulgarian defence and foreign minister who served as the UN envoy to Iraq before being appointed as the UN Middle East peace envoy from 2015-2020.

A 'yellow' warning has been issued for Cyprus for tomorrow regarding very strong winds with gusts up to 8 on the Beaufort scale.

The Norway-based Iran Human Rights NGO says that 45 demonstrators have been killed by Iranian security forces since the protests began in late December.

It is also reported by readers that there is no power in the Germasogeia and Agios Athanasios areas (Limassol).

Eavesdropping on their owners seems to help some toy-crazy and talented pups learn more words.

Readers report that there is no light in the Neapolis area (Limassol).

The leadership in Damascus signed a deal with the SDF in March for it to merge with the Syrian army by the end of 2025 but there have been disagreements over how that would happen.

At a court in Limassol, the accused from Sri Lanka admitted that, under the direction of a Cypriot, he placed explosive devices at a beer bar and a cafe in the Zakaki area.

A video is circulating on the Internet claiming that the President of Cyprus and his associates resorted to illegal methods to circumvent campaign spending limits in 2023.

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in Cyprus, said the Minister of Health.

The former mayor of Strovolos denied accusations that he left the municipality with millions in debt.

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As the Ukrainian president said that the Ukraine-US security guarantees are now ready for US President Donald Trump’s approval, Moscow rejected the idea of European peacekeepers deployed to Ukraine, threatening the allies' troops as a “legitimate target” for Russia.

Donald Trump’s proposal to take control of Greenland faces opposition not just in Europe, but in the US – even in Trump’s own Republican Party.

Washington and Bogotá have enjoyed security cooperation for decades but ties have deteriorated since Trump began his second term last January.

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required.

According to local media outlet Rijnmond, police believe youths were throwing snowballs at passing cars which led to a physical altercation with the 60-year-old victim.

Only a handful of countries have had government-initiated or parliamentary inquiries into sexual abuse by the clergy, although some independent groups have carried out their own investigations.

As Ukraine continues to negotiate a deal which could put an end to Russia’s ongoing war, Moscow has kept attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity and heating in the middle of winter.

Trump took a potshot at the French leader in an address on Wednesday in which he recounted how he had coerced France into agreeing to triple its drug prices.

Danish soldiers must open fire even without orders if US troops were to try and capture Greenland by force, according to a 1952 directive that Denmark's Defence Ministry confirmed remains in place, domestic media reported.

Kazakhstan's President Tokayev signed a law banning LGBTQ+ propaganda, sparking criticism for its vague language and potential misuse against the community.

In March 2025, Ahmad Naghibzadeh told Euronews that much of what he foresaw for 2025 would come to pass.

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During an interview with our reporters, President Trump discussed a video of an ICE agent fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis.

The 10 most expensive real estate transactions in Cyprus in October 2025 totaled 87.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.

Plus, President Trump sits down with The Times.

Speech by Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the opening ceremony of Cyprus's presidency of the Council of the European Union in Nicosia.

Residents in Greenland have expressed their concerns after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island that is a self-governing territory of Denmark.

Washington announced its control over Venezuela's oil sales after capturing two tankers transporting sanctioned crude and capturing Nicolás Maduro.

Cyprus is conducting intensive inspections of farms along the buffer zone to protect livestock after cases of foot-and-mouth disease were discovered in northern Cyprus.

Former President of Cyprus, George Vassiliou, has been hospitalized in Nicosia in critical condition.

Specialists have left the I.

The institution, long regarded as independent, is facing a White House deadline to hand over records about its content and will see turnover that could reshape its governing board.

French farmers drove about 100 tractors into the French capital, protesting Brussels' trade deal with five South American nations.

President Trump signed an executive order suspending US participation in 66 UN agencies, including the UN climate treaty, marking a major retreat from global cooperation.

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