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961. Heavy rain floods streets in Athens, Thessaloniki

Heavy showers on Thursday flooded streets across the Greek capital and in the northern port city of Thessaloniki, with the fire service receiving dozens of calls for help....

962. Lebanon: Explosions and shootings in Beirut with dead and wounded

At least two large explosions were heard Thursday morning in the Lebanese capital Beirut,...

963. ‘A Dark Room’: excerpts from Alexis Papachelas’ forthcoming book

“The nut, he went and did what we didn’t,” said Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos the morning of July 15, 1974 after he found out that Dimitris Ioannidis, the junta’s military police chief, had orchestrated a coup to overthrow Cyprus President Archbishop Makarios....

964. Man shoots people with bow and arrow in Norway

A man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded two others on Wednesday in Kongsberg, southwestern Norway, before being arrested....

965. 6.3-magnitude quake rocks Crete

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale hit Crete on Tuesday afternoon...

966. DC Comics: New Superman Will Be Bisexual And With Environmental Concerns

John Kent is the new Superman. He is the son of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, and has a friend who is. Particularly close, the creator of DC Comics revealed on Monday....

967. At 23 years old, she is the youngest person ever to travel to all 196 countries

It took her 3 years and, finally, at the ripe old age of 21, Lexie Alford now holds the title of youngest person ever to travel to all 196 countries in the world...

968. Drone-spotted firestarter has change of heart

A man in rural Nicosia who tried to burn a patch of reeds over the weekend went back moments later and put the flames out after being chased by drone as he was trying to leave the area...

969. Tourist survives hang gliding accident in Paralimni

A badly injured tourist was rushed to the Emergency Room on Sunday after his motorized hang glider crashed in a remote area in Cape Greco...

970. Why Steve Jobs threw the first iPhone on the floor

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Steve Jobs at the age of 56, after being struck by pancreatic cancer. ...

971. Larnaca woman dies in fiery car crash

A woman was killed in a horrific car accident in Larnaca on Sunday, when the vehicle she was driving around midnight crashed into a tree and went up in flames...

972. ‘Drive by’ shooting on Limassol highway

973. Israelis emerge as targets in alleged plot in Cyprus

Cyprus police are trying to connect the dots in the country’s latest contract killing investigation, with a detained suspect thought to have travelled to the island to take out Israeli businessmen who got wind of the plot and fled ahead of time...

974. No vaccine, no job

United Airlines said on Tuesday that they were preparing to fire 593 employees who failed to submit their vaccination certificates....

975. Contract killings in Cyprus

In recent years in Cyprus, crime has increased significantly, while savage killings tend to become commonplace. Among them are several ambushes of death in persons associated with the "night"....

976. Four seriously injured in Gothenburg blast

Sixteen people were injured, four of them seriously, in an explosion that caused a fire in an apartment building in Gothenburg...

977. Suspect cleared of murder cries foul over scare tactics

All charges in the disappearance of an ex-con presumed dead by local authorities have been dropped against two suspects, with one of them accusing prosecutors of pushing him to claim a recent arson in exchange of walking free in the murder and kidnapping case...

978. Fears of panic buying in the UK ahead of the Christmas season

Fears of panic shopping ahead of Christmas are being raised by market participants in Britain....

979. Murder-suicide in Rhodes

A 40-year old man who killed a 32-year-old woman in Rhodes was found dead in his home after committing suicide with the same weapon he used to kill the her....

980. Greek PM: Cost of ignoring climate crisis unimaginable

Mediterranean nations must lead the way in addressing climate change, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, warning that the cost of doing nothing was unimaginable,...

981. Avgorou man dies after car hits tree

A local driver was killed in Famagusta district on Monday morning after the car he was driving veered off course and crashed into a tree...

982. Russia: 8 people killed in university shooting

Russian media are reporting that a gunman open fired at Perm University in Siberia killing at least 8 and injuring 6....

983. Police hunt for supplier in cigarette racket

Cyprus police are making headway in the fight against the sale of illegal tobacco, with officials hoping a man's dramatic arrest over the weekend could help catch bigger fish and rein in the sale of untaxed cigarettes...

984. EUMED9 summit poised to tackle migration and climate crisis

Nine European countries on the Mediterranean are holding a summit in Athens Friday afternoon to discuss issues ranging from climate change to migration and Afghanistan....

985. Japan issues warning after volcano eruption

986. September 11: Twenty years since the day that changed the world

Twenty years have passed since the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York...

987. 9/11: A milestone for the whole world

It is important to renew our firm determination in the global fight against terrorism...

988. The Day that changed the world

Today marks the 20 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the US. A day that will forever be etched in the minds of people around the world....

989. Cyprus receives 157 million for Recovery and Resilience Plan

The European Commission today has disbursed €157 million to Cyprus to help kick-start reforms and investments....

990. Tenants evacuate as fire breaks out at store

Apartments above a local convenience store in west Nicosia had to be evacuated in the wee hours Wednesday morning after a fire broke out in the establishment...