https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-to-serve-five-years-for-child-rape
A man in his late 40’s was sentenced to prison after being convicted for raping a young girl repeatedly during her elementary school years...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/football-duo-free-on-bail-in-corruption-case
Two suspects in a high-profile football corruption case in Cyprus will face a criminal trial next month, while a judge has ordered for them to be released on bail pending trial...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-remanded-in-ayia-napa-shooting
A male suspect in the Ayia Napa shooting has been remanded in custody for eight days, as police continue to investigate a botched mob hit in the wee hours Sunday at a pub in the island’s resort town...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-troubled-over-ayia-napa-mob-wars
Investigators are focusing on a person of interest in Sunday’s Ayia Napa shooting, believed to have been a mob-hit-gone-wrong against a businessman and former chairman of a local football club...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-injured-in-ayia-napa-shooting
Four people were critically injured during a shooting in Ayia Napa on Sunday, with reports saying the actual target was a businessman who had just left the area moments earlier...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-says-military-shot-down-plane-in-error
Iran said on Saturday it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian plane killing all 176 people aboard and voiced its deep regret, after initially denying it brought down the aircraft in the tense aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on US targets in Iraq...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-escalation-continues-after-midnight-tweet
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, as tens of thousands of people marched in Iraq to mourn their deaths...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-criticized-over-syria-offensive-during-ep-debate
Turkey was heavily criticized on Wednesday for its military operation in north-east Syria, during a debate at the European Parliament plenary, in Strasbourg, while a relevant resolution is expected to be adopted on Thursday....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/rape-accuser-s-lawyer-fires-back
The lawyer of a British teen, who is accused of making false statements to police in a rape complaint in Ayia Napa, says his client is a victim of revenge porn and wants to know who leaked a gangbang sex video...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/lawyer-criticises-police-in-gang-rape-investigation
Police are conducting DNA tests and examining mobile phones of twelve Israeli youths arrested in the Ayia Napa gang rape case, while allegations of abuse at the hands of law enforcement are also coming into focus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cops-arrest-wrong-guy-in-bomb-threat-case
A man arrested for phoning in a bomb threat has been released, with reports suggesting he was falsely detained after police linked him to a phone number he had used in the past...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-police-chief-offers-apology
The new police chief has offered an apology following criticism about mishandling cases of missing foreign women and children who ended up being murdered by a serial killer...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/british-judge-rules-on-styllou-s-conviction
The grandson of Greek Cypriot Styllou Pantopiou Christofi, who was convicted for murder and executed in the UK, is on a mission to exonerate his grandmother citing a wrongful conviction and putting the trial through the safety test...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/perverted-uncle-gets-eight-years
A man in Limassol was sentenced to eight years after he was convicted for sexually molesting and harassing his female niece up until she was thirteen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asian-spa-owner-mounts-defence
The Chinese owner of a massage parlour in Limassol has pleaded not guilty to trafficking and exploitation charges, while his lawyer says there are professional disputes behind the accusations against his client...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/indian-housemaid-in-nicosia-hung-out-to-dry
A female housemaid from India was ordered to pay a €500 fine after a judge found her guilty of stealing €20 from her employers, a charge she vehemently denies to this day...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/asian-spa-owner-in-limassol-goes-to-trial
The Chinese owner of a massage parlour in Limassol has been ordered straight to trial, facing multiple charges including human trafficking and exploitation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/plot-thickens-in-massage-parlor-case
A Chinese man, who denies trafficking charges in Limassol following a police bust at his massage parlor, had used his money and residency status as an investor to set up his business...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dog-burned-alive-in-larnaca
Social media users woke up to a horrific animal cruelty story out of Larnaca, with pictures of a dead dog posted on Facebook showing it was burned alive inside a cage...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/opinion/the-perils-of-extreme-behavior
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/huawei-cfo-bail-hearing-to-resume-as-beijing-piles-pressure
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/hemp-farmer-arrested-for-growing-cannabis
A licenced hemp farmer in Limassol has been arrested for growing 120 cannabis plants in violation of industrial hemp regulations...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/surveillance-bill-heads-to-the-house
Two controversial phone tapping bills are heading to the House next month, giving law enforcement officials better tools to carry out covert surveillance but also providing more checks and balances...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cop-fires-shot-after-smart-device-flags-vehicle
Police in Limassol fired a warning shot after a driver of a vehicle, which was flagged by the new ANPR system, sped away with cops ending up arresting two other people on foot...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trial-of-ex-deputy-police-chief-can-go-forward
The Supreme Court has ruled that an independent report should be handed over to the defence team of the former deputy chief of police, who is facing charges in connection with the leaking of information in the Ayia Napa mob killings of 2016...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-us-senators-move-to-block-f-35-transfers-to-turkey
Three US senators introduced a measure on Thursday aimed at blocking the transfer of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Turkey, a NATO ally and one of nine partner nations involved in producing the high-tech, radar-evading aircraft....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/full-story-yet-to-be-known-in-strovolos-double-murder
The court appearance of the 33-year-old suspect in the Strovolos double murder has raised many questions, while investigators continue to sort through evidence in what is described as an unprecedented case with a contaminated crime scene and media speculation...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/parliament-calls-on-international-community-to-recognise-armenian-genocide
According to Mahtesian, between 1915 and 1923 more than 1.5 million innocent Armenians suffered torture, were put to death, slaughtered or forced to walk to their death...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/us-and-allies-launch-air-strikes-in-syria
US, British and French forces pounded Syria with air strikes early on Saturday in response to a poison gas attack that killed dozens of people last week, in the biggest intervention by Western powers against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/south-africa-s-zuma-appears-in-court-on-corruption-charges
Thousands of Zuma supporters gathered to express solidarity with a leader they say is the victim of a politically motivated witchhunt...
