Cyprus

Palestinians fly to Cyprus via Israel’s Ramon Airport This marks the first time residents of occupied West Bank have been allowed to use an Israeli airport without a permit or additional security checks

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said yesterday that his country defends the "usurped rights of Turkish Cypriots", Anadolu Agency reported. The top Turkish diplomat's statement came during the 13th Ambassadors Conference in...

Turkey resumed its hydrocarbon drilling operations in the eastern Mediterranean on Tuesday after a two year hiatus, though President Tayyip Erdogan said its new drill ship would operate outside...

Turkiye's fourth drill ship will launch operations in the Mediterranean in August

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay has warned that if Greece does not stop arming the Aegean islands, the islands' sovereignty issue will be raised for discussion within the framework...

Joint military drills between Israel and Cyprus should not be provocative, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said yesterday according to Anadolu. Spokesperson Tanju Bilgic said that Turkiye repeated its call to countries...

Tension has, in recent days, overshadowed Turkish-Israeli rapprochement over a massive Israeli military training scheduled due to take place in Cyprus in the coming days, Israel's Kan broadcaster reported yesterday. Thousands...

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, is planning a trip to Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Jordan, and Egypt, where he will discuss regional and international issues and ink agreements in...

Former British-Israeli treasurer of the UK's Conservative Party has been reported to authorities over suspicions of money laundering after a six-figure donation towards the prime minister's election campaign was...

The US – and most of the western governments – stance on the issue of the Armenian tragedy of 1915 was the last in a series of western positions...

Pilots of the EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea killing all 66 people on board in 2016 were reportedly smoking in the cabin, sparking a fire in...

A senior US diplomat said the proposed pipeline to transport gas from the eastern Mediterranean to European markets, via Israel, Cyprus and Greece, was "not viable", stressing that "Europe...

Consistency and unity are needed to safeguard rights of Muslims across the globe, speakers said at a conference in Istanbul on Wednesday and Anadolu News Agency reports. "There is...

Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister met with his Greek Cypriot counterpart over the weekend, in an effort to expand bilateral relations and regional cooperation. The Kingdom's Foreign Minister, Faisal bin...

A 21 year old British woman, found guilty of lying about being gang-raped in Cyprus, has won her appeal against the conviction at the country's Supreme Court, local British media reports....

Anger as UN peacekeepers extend mission in Cyprus by 6 months without the consent of the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) has condemned the Greek Cypriot government for allowing a Kurdish militant group to open a representative office in the Nicosia, the capital...

Washington has officially informed Israel that it will no longer support the proposed EastMed natural-gas pipeline, Israeli media reported on Tuesday, pointing that the US also informed Greece and...

A first group of migrants left Cyprus today as part of an initiative by Pope Francis to assist in their relocation, Reuters reported the government saying. Pope Francis visited Cyprus in early December....

Qatari oil and gas company, Qatar Energy, becomes the first energy company from the Gulf region which has been awarded the rights to explore oil and gas in Cyprus'...

The leaders of Greece, Israel, and the Greek Cypriot administration met on Tuesday in Jerusalem for trilateral talks on their relations, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a joint press...

Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slammed the recent arson attempt on a mosque in the Greek-administered part of the island, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report, Erdogan...

Pope Francis visits Cyprus this week to lend his support to a conflict-riven island now on the front line of a new migratory route for people fleeing their countries...

Israel will build a surveillance system across the island of Cyprus, in a new deal signed with Southern Cyprus to help secure its border dividing the island. Speaking to...

Turkey will not attend a Paris conference on Libya that Greece, Israel, and the Greek Cypriot administration will participate in, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday, speaking at...

The Foreign Ministry in Ankara insisted on Tuesday that no initiative in the Eastern Mediterranean that excludes Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will succeed. "The...

Egyptian President Abdel fattah Al-Sisi has arrived in Athens where he will participate in the ninth Tripartite Summit with his Greek and Cypriot counterparts. The summit is designed to...

The Israeli government yesterday warned its diplomatic missions and embassies around the world of what it described as "imminent attacks by Iran." Channel 12 quoted a government statement as...

A court in Cyprus today extended the detention of a man that Israel alleges was a would-be assassin recruited by Iran to attack Israeli businesspeople on the island, Reuters reports. The...

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday accused Iran of attempting to assassinate Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi in Cyprus last week. "Regarding some of the reports last...

President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) Ersin Tatar on Saturday met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the 76th session of UN General...

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) will resolutely continue following its path in the Eastern Mediterranean without any separation from Turkey, said the country's prime minister on Sunday,...