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2701. Putin predicts global 'chaos' if West hits Syria again

The United States, France and Britain have said the missile strikes were limited to Syria’s chemical weapons capabilities and not aimed at toppling Assad...

2702. Ministry employees fail to punch card

Many civil servants and workers do not punch in or out properly at the Transport Department, and reports suggest their superiors know about it and cover up even as people show up late or never punch their card in the machine....

2703. Nigeria's Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children since 2013

One young woman, Khadija, now 17, who was abducted after a Boko Haram attack on her town, then locked in a room, forced to marry one of the fighters and repeatedly raped...

2704. Yildirim dig at Tsipras over 8 Turkish servicemen in Greece

Turkish government spokesman Bekir Bozdag stated outright that the cases of the eight Turks and two Greeks are unrelated...

2705. Southeast Asia's idyllic islands buckle under tourism strain

Airports have become chaotic, hotels are being thrown up hastily with little regard for safety and sanitation...

2706. Migrant caravan heading to US puts Mexico in tough spot

So far the Mexican federal government has provided little guidance on how to handle the migrants...

2707. President Erdogan’s exasperation

His aim, in this case, is to exert pressure on the Greek government for the extradition of the eight...

2708. Paphos mayor says car park permit not lawful

Paphos mayor Fedonas Fedonos says a parking lot outside a produce market was not licensed lawfully, pointing fingers at Turkish Cypriot Properties Management, while the private business says an offer had been refused by the city previously....

2709. Sexual misdemeanours to become felonies

New draft legislation in the works would modify four types of sexual offences, by changing them from a misdemeanor to a felony and increasing considerably the sentencing lengths. ...

2710. Speed camera plans move forward

Just as plans for speed cameras seemed to be going nowhere, an official meeting last week gave the go ahead for the tender process to begin within the next few months. ...

2711. Food, buses, and cash - Getting out the vote the Egyptian way

Some women in working class Cairo neighbourhoods told Reuters they were promised bags of food in exchange for voting...

2712. Child porn sentences get tougher

The Supreme Court has set a new precedent for longer sentences in child pornography cases, following revelations that the problem is getting bigger and some content in materials seized by police was shockingly abhorrent....

2713. Paphos burglary takes bizarre turn

A rather bizarre incident took place in Paphos, where a Russian orthodox priest reported a burglary with holy relics being among the stolen goods....

2714. Israeli police question Netanyahu in telecom corruption case

Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a witch hunt...

2715. Cypriot justice fails to deliver

Former Attorney General Alecos Markides says the judicial system in the Republic of Cyprus has not adapted to the demands of the modern state, pointing out a number of failures from inexperienced judges to a lack of check and balances. ...

2716. Attorney general uneasy over nepotism jibes

2717. Extradition case of Cypriot hacker delayed

The extradition hearing of a 20-year-old man in Cyprus, accused of wire fraud and wanted by the FBI, was interrupted Thursday after his defence team accused the prosecutor of withholding evidence and presenting an reliable witness. His Cypriot trial is scheduled to go forward April 3....

2718. Property Commission in north deemed ineffective

This, according to legal experts, is tantamount to Ankara admitting the ineffectiveness of the IPC...

2719. Greece was right to question German airport checks

Officials in Athens say the data vindicate Greece’s reaction to German checks on flights from Greek airports...

2720. Max’s killer gets three months

The Supreme Court hands down a three-month prison sentence to a man who stabbed a German Shepherd to death, overruling an earlier suspended sentence that was seen by the public as too lenient...

2721. Calling on the diaspora

Greek society has simply been in the pressure cooker for too long...

2722. Cubs of the Caliphate

There is little in the way of specialized care for them in Iraq, where the minimum age of criminal responsibility is nine...

2723. Police seek phone records in dog mauling case

Cyprus authorities are in the hot seat after state pathologists fail to agree on what caused the death of a Bulgarian woman, who was found fatally injured in a field in Yeroskipou, Paphos on February 22...

2724. Cysec to wrap up inquiries on the banking crisis

The three cases concerning the now-defunct Laiki Bank with regard the acquisition products by German Commerzabank, the reclassification of the Greek bonds held by Laiki, and the investment of Bank of Cyprus in Banca Transilvania...