https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/may-says-uk-had-no-choice-but-to-conduct-missile-strikes-against-syria
More than 100 missiles fired from ships and manned aircraft, the allies struck three of Syria’s main chemical weapons facilities...
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/threat-of-us-russia-clash-hangs-over-syria
Two days ago U.S. President Donald Trump warned that missiles “will be coming” in response to that attack...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/russia-spied-on-skripal-and-daughter-for-at-least-5-years
Russia’s ambassador to Britain said he was concerned the British government was trying to get rid of evidence related to the case...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/open-agenda-for-leaders-dinner-date
Expectations aren’t high about Monday’s social gathering which doesn’t signal a formal resumption of peace talks...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/turkey-and-greece-ratchet-up-tension-in-the-mediterranean
With help from rabble-rousers on both sides, disputes over airspace and maritime borders, which have poisoned relations between Greece and Turkey for decades...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/may-gets-backing-for-action-against-syria
She told her senior ministers the Douma events showed a “deeply concerning” erosion of international legal norms barring the use of chemical weapons...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/strikes-against-syria-could-make-akrotiri-raf-base-a-target
Eight cruise missile-armed tornado fighter-bombers based at RAF Akrotiri, outside Limassol, would likely take part in any military action ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/georgiades-makes-the-good-case-for-ccb
Borrowers who default on a loan won’t be able to pick up the phone and ask a politician to intervene, according to Finance Minister Harris Georgiades, who insists that separating healthy banking from bad loans is the best way forward for the Cyprus Cooperative Bank....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/lionfish-invasion-of-cyprus
Cypriots are getting worried over a lionfish invasion, a venomous invasive species, with scientists, fishermen and divers launching a campaign to reduce the potential threat of the venomous predatory fish. Video by AFP....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senturk-attempts-suicide
Erdinc Senturk, the man who admitted to killing Solon Apostolides in self defence, tried to end his life but fellow cell mates intervened and his plan was foiled....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/yulia-skripal-declines-help-from-russia
Skripal said she was not yet strong enough to give a media interview and she said a cousin who had spoken to Russian media did not speak for her...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/dust-is-back
There is dust over Cyprus again, as a high-pressure system is affecting the area, with no signs of leaving until Friday evening. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/airlines-re-route-flights
Some major airlines were re-routing flights on Wednesday after Europe’s air traffic control agency warned aircraft flying in the eastern Mediterranean to exercise caution due to possible air strikes into Syria....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/any-us-missiles-fired-at-syria-will-be-shot-down
The Russian military said on March 13 that it would respond to any U.S. strike on Syria...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/raf-bombers-on-standby
RAF bombers on standbyTornado bombers at RAF Akrotiri are on standby and ready to strike against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad if such an order is given out, just days after a US missile destroyer left Larnaca port....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/terrorist-security-challenge-for-harry-and-meghan-s-wedding
Barriers to stop vehicle attacks, armed patrols, and airport-style security will be among the measures employed in largest police operation Windsor has ever seen...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anastasiades-to-meet-un-official-ahead-of-april-16-dinner
The dinner date is not expected to lead to the resumption of talks but it may help in dispelling the climate of distrust ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/business/hundreds-of-flights-cancelled-in-germany-as-airports-hit-by-public-sector-strikes
Unions will escalate the dispute if employers do not present an offer next week...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/poisoned-yulia-skripal-has-been-discharged-from-hospital
Britain says they were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent and has blamed Russia for the attack...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/trump-vows-quick-response-to-suspected-chemical-attack-in-syria
Initial US assessments have been unable to determine conclusively what materials were used in the attack...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/more-rain-and-hail-on-tuesday
Early week rain continues on Tuesday, with a chance of more hail and chilly clouds increasing throughout the day. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/senturk-says-he-acted-in-self-defence
Erdinc Senturk, the man who admitted to killing Solon Apostolides, says he acted in self defence but he is not expected to be handed over to Turkish Cypriot authorities....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/week-starts-off-with-rain-and-thunder
Wet and cloudy weather is setting in on Monday, just after an uneventful Easter Sunday, and it won’t get better for another couple of days. ...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/cypriots-get-ready-for-easter-sunday
It may be spring recess in some parts of the world, but it is almost the end of Holy Week in Cyprus where people get ready for Saturday midnight mass and Easter Sunday celebrations. Tradition mixed with good food and some dangerous customs blend together to make what Cypriots call Easter holidays....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/tsipras-looking-to-rein-in-hawkish-defence-minister
According to a senior official, the incendiary rhetoric “is not needed” at a time when Greece is trying to de-escalate tension with Turkey...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/fb-ready-to-deal-with-strict-eu-laws
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said this week that he agreed “in spirit” with a strict new European Union law on data privacy but stopped short of committing to it as the standard for the social network across the world....
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...
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/body-of-solon-apostolides-found-in-the-north
Solon Apostolides, whose body was found Thursday evening in the north, received blows to the head and sustained knife injuries according to officials who also rule out politics behind the murder....
https://knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/new-information-about-elena-emerges
New information has emerged about Elena Frantzi, whose recent death shocked Cypriot society, just one day after her family warned it may take legal action against anyone who spreads misinformation or violates the privacy of their departed loved one....