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1. Netanyahu's rejection shakes up Gaza crisis

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/netanyahu-s-rejection-shakes-up-gaza-crisis

Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a deal for a five-day ceasefire with Palestinian militant groups in Gaza in return for the release of some of the hostages held in the territory early in the war, according to sources familiar with the negotiations....

2. Metropolitan Police remove kidnapped hostage posters in London

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/metropolitan-police-remove-kidnapped-hostage-posters-in-london

A relative of an Israeli man who is among at least 230 hostages abducted by Hamas has criticized the Metropolitan Police for removing posters calling for their release....

3. EU's call for humanitarian ''pauses'' draws attention ahead of UN vote

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/eu-s-call-for-humanitarian-pauses-draws-attention-ahead-of-un-vote

European Union leaders have stopped short of calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, instead appealing for humanitarian “pauses” to provide aid, as the UN warned its operations were being “paralyzed” by Israel’s bombardment of the besieged enclave....

4. Four accused of brutalizing child freelance dealer

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/four-accused-of-brutalizing-child-freelance-dealer

"They treated me worse than an animal," said the young man who was beaten, burnt, and forced to snort cocaine by drug traffickers....

5. 24-year-old woman escapes kidnapping attempt in Paphos

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/24-year-old-woman-escapes-kidnapping-attempt-in-paphos

On Monday, the Paphos Police arrested someone for allegedly sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman in Paphos....

6. Political parties fueling nationalism crisis in Chlorakas protest

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/political-parties-fueling-nationalism-crisis-in-chlorakas-protest

The "people living in Chlorakas who are organized" issued a statement today expressing their unhappiness with reports on the internet about "a small group of individuals spreading false information and serious accusations against the residents of Chlorakas and their protest against segregation," they argue....

7. Vigilante militias detain migrants in Evros: New video emerges

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/vigilante-militias-detain-migrants-in-evros-new-video-emerges

A recently surfaced video depicts four migrants allegedly apprehended by vigilante "militias" in the Evros region, now circulating across online platforms....

8. Closure after 5 decades: Former pastor charged with murder

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/closure-after-5-decades-former-pastor-charged-with-murder

An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday....

9. Mossad and Cyprus foil Iran's terror cell targeting Jews

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/mossad-and-cyprus-foil-iran-s-terror-cell-targeting-jews

The Mossad helped Cyprus crack an Iranian terror cell, according to sources on Sunday, 25th of June....

10. Huge child abduction case flops in Cypriot court

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/huge-child-abduction-case-flops-in-cypriot-court

A criminal court in Cyprus has acquitted all remaining defendants in a high profile child abduction case, just months after a Norwegian court also vindicated the father of the young girl, whose Cypriot mother accused him six years ago of taking their daughter unlawfully...

11. Cyprus removes ban on vindicated Norwegian dad

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cyprus-removes-ban-on-vindicated-norwegian-dad

An appeals court in Norway has vindicated a man who says his daughter was abducted twice by her Greek Cypriot mother and authorities on the island did nothing to help, with the news raising questions about judicial irregularities and further prompting Nicosia to take down an Interpol arrest warrant that had essentially prevented him from visiting Cyprus...

12. Police arrest driver who pulled up next to tween

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-arrest-driver-who-pulled-up-next-to-tween

Police have detained a male suspect in connection with an investigating into a kidnapping attempt, after a young girl said a car pulled up next to her a bus stop in Famagusta...

13. Attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in Deryneia

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/attempted-kidnapping-of-a-12-year-old-girl-in-deryneia

Following a mother's complaint, police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of a 12-year-old girl in the Famagusta District....

14. Men arrested after bride kidnapping goes awry

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/men-arrested-after-bride-kidnapping-goes-awry

Three men have been arrested on breaking and entering charges following a failed attempt to steal a young female from the household who secretly got hitched to her beau without dad’s blessing...

15. Norwegian court vindicates girl’s ‘wanted’ father

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/norwegian-court-vindicates-girl-s-‘wanted-father

A Norwegian father, who is officially still wanted in Cyprus on kidnapping charges, has been vindicated by a court in his native country after it emerged that the Cypriot mother of his young daughter, who was brought to the island unbeknownst to him, had filed false claims to sway a custody hearing in her favor...

16. Limassol kidnapping case heads to court

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/limassol-kidnapping-case-heads-to-court

Police prosecutors are filing charges against one of two suspects in last month’s attempted kidnapping case in Limassol, with the two men denying ever trying to abduct the boys and insisting they had joined a group of kids to play soccer together...

17. Two men face attempted kidnapping in Paphos

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-men-face-attempted-kidnapping-in-paphos

Two Syrian men accused of attempted kidnapping denied the charges on Saturday, a day after a private security guard in Paphos made a citizen’s arrest and told police he saw the suspects trying to abduct two boys...

18. Tzionis hints at a change of plea

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tzionis-hints-at-a-change-of-plea

There are new developments in the Strovolos double murder trial, with reports saying the main defendant wishes to address the court over some of the charges against him and the prosecutor saying there can be no preconditions...

19. Divers find third suitcase in red lake

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/third-suitcase-found-at-red-lake

Divers located the third suitcase in the red lake believed to contain the remains of an adult Filipina in the serial killer case...

20. Police focus on new email in Orestis case

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/police-focus-on-new-email-in-orestis-case

Alleged serial killer Nikos Metaxas was remanded in custody for eight more days on Wednesday, as police investigators are looking into a new email address linked to the case...

21. Suspect admits killing Marry Rose

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/suspect-admits-killing-marry-rose

Leaked reports on Friday night said the 35-year-old suspect has admitted to killing Marry Rose Tiburcio from the Philippines, hours after a shocking day in court and fast-pace police activity in an undisclosed area...

22. Cypriot searching for his daughter in China

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriot-searching-for-his-daughter-in-china

The justice minister raised a humanitarian issue with his counterpart in China this week, regarding a Cypriot father who is searching for his teenage daughter since 2013...

23. Charges looming in Marie parental abduction

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/charges-in-parental-abduction-of-marie-eleni

Five people are expected to face charges in the 2017 abduction of Marie-Eleni, while reports out of Norway say the mother took her daughter without holding up her end of the bargain...

24. Filipina still in jail, adoption trial pushed back

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/filipina-still-in-jail-adoption-trial-pushed-back

A woman from the Philippines, who acted as a go-between in a gay couple child adoption, remains in prison without a formal attorney after her arraignment was pushed back on Wednesday...

25. Filipina adoption go-between to stand trial

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/filipina-adoption-go-between-to-stand-trial

A woman from the Philippines, who acted as a go-between in a gay couple child adoption, will stand criminal trial facing multiple charges including trafficking of minors...

26. Turkey to pay damages in Guzelyurtlu case

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-to-pay-damages-in-guzelyurtlu-case

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued a final ruling in the Guzelyurtlu case against Turkey and Turkish Cypriot authorities in the north, holding both financially liable while clearing the Republic of Cyprus over lack of cooperation allegations...

27. Strovolos double murder trial on shaky ground

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/strovolos-double-murder-trial-on-shaky-ground

The trial of the four suspects in April’s shocking double murder in Nicosia is set to continue on Monday, with media reports hinting at a possible major upset in the case...

28. Knife-wielding Larnaca robber shows remorse

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/knife-wielding-larnaca-robber-shows-remorse

The man who attempted to rob a convenience store in Larnaca and was chased into school yard told the court he had a lot of gambling debts...

29. Male nurse detained in Larnaca abduction

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/male-nurse-arrested-in-larnaca-abduction

Reports say a male nurse was being questioned in the Larnaca abduction case, after investigators learned that he was supplying the kidnapper with prescription tranquilizers that may have been used in drugging the two school boys...

30. Strovolos double murder suspects enter plea

https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/strovolos-double-murder-suspects-enter-plea

The arraignment of the four suspects in the Strovolos double murder took place Wednesday morning, the main suspect pleading guilty to seven charges before the Nicosia Criminal Court...

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