https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/man-gets-20-years-for-killing-grandpa-kokos
The man who was convicted for killing beloved Grandpa Kokos in Larnaca last year has been sentenced to 20 years in prison...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/state-drops-case-in-ayia-napa-police-blunder
A case has been dropped against former deputy police chief Andreas Kyriacou, just hours before a judge was expected to rule in Alexoui’s bail hearing...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/plane-crashes-after-landing-in-istanbul
A Pegasus Airlines plane flying into Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport skidded off the end of a wet runway and broke into three pieces after landing on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 179...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/estranged-husband-admits-killing-wife
The suspect in the Paphos spousal murder, who has been denying premeditated charges, has reportedly admitted to killing his wife “in a moment of rage"...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/last-defendant-convicted-in-strovolos-murders
The last of four defendants in the Strovolos double murder trial, the only one who did not admit to any crimes, was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday by a criminal court in Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/deadly-earthquake-jolts-eastern-turkey
A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 20 people and collapsing buildings in affected towns near the center of the tremor, which was strong enough to be felt in several neighboring countries...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/estranged-husband-denies-killing-wife
The suspect in the Paphos murder was remanded in custody for eight days on Friday, with local reports saying he had confessed to a group of fellow Syrian men that he killed his wife to restore honour...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/woman-stabbed-to-death-in-paphos
A woman was found murdered in her own home in Paphos on Monday, with police issuing an arrest warrant for her husband...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/passenger-killed-in-kaimakli-car-crash
Nicosia police are trying to determine who was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed on Saturday morning in Kaimakli, killing the front seat passenger...
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/terrorism-suspect-jailed-in-the-north
A suspected terrorist arrested in the north earlier this week was ordered to remain in custody on Friday, as Turkish Cypriot authorities continue to investigate possible links with ISIS...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/both-us-and-iran-claim-‘self-defence
Iranian UN ambassador has sent a letter to the UN Security Council calling Tehran’s missile strikes a "measured and proportionate" act of "self-defense,” while the US also says killing Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani was for self defence...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/iran-attacks-us-air-bases-in-revenge
Iran launched missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq early on Wednesday in retaliation for the US drone strike on an Iranian commander whose killing last week raised fears of a wider war in the Middle East...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/video-shows-plane-crashing-in-tehran
A Ukrainian airliner crashed soon after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard, Iran’s state television and Ukraine’s leaders said...
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/us-preemptive-strike-put-to-the-test
The Trump administration on Friday justified its killing of a top Iranian general as an act of self-defense, trying to deflect accusations that it violated international law and concerns raised by legal experts and a senior UN rights investigator....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cabinet-adopts-ihra-definition-of-anti-semitism
The President’s Cabinet has approved a decision by which the Cypriot Government adopts the definition of anti-Semitism as it has been spelled out by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senate-approves-armenian-resolution
The US Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes as a genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, a historic move that infuriated Turkey and dealt a blow to the already problematic ties between Ankara and Washington...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senate-blocks-armenian-vote-for-third-time
Republican Senator Kevin Cramer prevented the US Senate from voting on a resolution on Thursday that would recognize as a genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, saying it was not an appropriate time to pass legislation that would anger Turkey...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/witness-says-nelina-pushed-‘walk-button
Paphos police believe a young girl who was killed in an accident last week had pressed the button at the crossing prior to the incident, while a court has denied an arrest warrant for the driver...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/armenian-genocide-resolution-hits-senate-wall
A US resolution that would have officially described atrocities against Armenians in 1915 as genocide has stopped dead in its tracks on Wednesday, following a meeting between the Turkish president and a senator...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/slovakia-s-premier-cuts-cyprus-visit-short
Slovakia’s Premier Peter Pellegrini cut his official visit in Cyprus short due to a tragic accident in his country which resulted in the death of at least 13 people...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-killed-in-plane-crash-in-the-north
A small airplane crashed in the north killing two people, with reports saying the aircraft was being used for training...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/two-suitcases-spotted-outside-orestis-home
Police went on high alert Monday morning after receiving information about two suitcases outside the residence of convicted serial killer Nikos Metaxas...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/georgian-man-denies-intent-in-rural-nicosia-murder
A Georgian national who has admitted stabbing a Greek Cypriot woman to death in rural Nicosia last year says it was not premeditated, with a state forensic pathologist insisting the stab wounds say otherwise...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/killer-mom-in-psych-ward-as-geri-holds-funeral
Friends and relatives will bid farewell at the funeral of 12-year-old David, who was killed last month by his own mother in south Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/filipino-tv-airs-cypriot-serial-killer-episode
A drama series in the Philippines is airing an episode that tells the harrowing tale of overseas Filipino workers based on the serial killer case in Cyprus...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/funeral-held-for-arian
Friends and relatives of Arian attended her funeral on Thursday, five months after the body of the young Filipina was discovered in an abandoned mine shaft outside Nicosia...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/three-dead-in-helicopter-crash-near-greek-island
A private helicopter crashed near a Greek island resort Tuesday, killing two Russian passengers and the Greek pilot and causing power outages after electricity lines were damaged in the crash...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/groups-condemn-academy-park-fire
Environmental activists are calling for local authorities to take action following a fire earlier this week that destroyed a part of a playground at a popular Nicosia park...
