One person was killed and around 50 injured when a suspected gas explosion ripped apart a busy road in South Africa’s biggest city Johannesburg on Wednesday, officials said Thursday. The explosion occurred after 5 p.m. local time (1500GMT), said Gaute…
The United Arab Emirates sees Trkiye as a “very important commercial, economic and strategic partner,” the country’s minister of state for foreign trade said Wednesday. Trkiye has become the country that saw the fastest developments in relations with …
Protesters in Iraq stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad and set it on fire early Thursday over the burning of the Quran. The action by the followers of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr came after Salwan Momika burned a copy of the Muslim holy book under …
Lithuanian authorities revoked the residence permits of 135 Russian citizens Wednesday based on questionnaires to evaluate any potential threats they might pose to national security. They included a question about which country Crimea belongs to and t…
A search was conducted Wednesday at the home of Belgian politician Maria Arena, a member of the European Parliament (MEP), as part of a parliament-related corruption investigation. According to the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office, searches were co…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the West distorted the ‘meaning’ and ‘essence’ of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, after Moscow announced it was suspending its participation in the deal. The West ‘shamelessly profited from the grai…
Cyprus’ Department of Meteorology issued a yellow warning for ‘extreme high temperature’ on Thursday, while the risk of forest fires eruption will remain at the ‘Red Alert’ level on Thursday, the Department of Forestry said in a press release. Accordi…
UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi on Wednesday said the lives of those in need “should never be reduced to the tactics of geopolitical games,” after Russia used its veto power to halt vital cross-border aid last week into northern Syria. “Hum…
Young entrepreneurs have shown interest in applying for the Youth Entrepreneurship Awards organised for the first time in Cyprus by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation. According to a press release from the foundation, 23 young entrepreneurs submitte…
The Republic of Cyprus seeks a just, viable and functional solution to the Cyprus problem, which will liberate our country and allow our people to live together in security and prosperity, said the Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Minist…