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2131. Strikes against Syria could make RAF Akrotiri a target

Eight cruise missile-armed tornado fighter-bombers based at RAF Akrotiri, outside Limassol, would likely take part in any military action ...

2132. UK mulls Syria attack that could lead to confrontation with Russia

Syria’s military has repositioned some air assets to avoid fallout from possible missile strikes...

2133. Syrian government raises flag in Douma

Russian military police were deployed in Douma in accordance with the rebel surrender deal...

2134. 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...

2135. The 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. ...

2136. 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....

2137. Over 250 killed in plane crash

More than 250 people including members of Western Sahara’s Polisario independence movement were killed when a military plane crashed in a field outside Algeria’s capital on Wednesday, officials said....

2138. RAF bombers on standby in Cyprus

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....

2139. 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...

2140. Cyprus and Egypt prepare the ground for natural gas pipeline

The two countries will soon sign an agreement for a submarine natural gas pipeline from Cyprus' EEZ to a Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Egypt...

2141. Greek troops fire warning shots at Turkish helicopter

It was not clear what type of helicopter was involved in the incident...

2142. 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...

2143. 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. ...

2144. 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...

2145. FYROM and its irredentist claims

Greece has never recognized an ethnic minority and the present government will be no exception...

2146. 'You'll be sorry' Russia warns Britain

It was the second showdown between Russia and Britain at the world body since the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia ...

2147. Saudi Arabia's first new cinema in decades to open

Saudi Arabia had some cinemas in the 1970s but its powerful clerics closed them"...

2148. British actor accused of killing Cypriot pensioner

Harry Goodwin-Sims, 29, is said to have pushed over Ourania Lambrou on March 31 in North London...

2149. Wet and cloudy Easter Sunday

It will be mostly clear on Good Friday and Holy Saturday, but a slight temperature dip and wet weather are expected to take over Easter Sunday....

2150. Crews repair leak on Cyprus-flagged ferry

Diving crews on Wednesday repaired damage to a Cyprus-flagged ship that had started taking in water while anchored in the sea next to Perama shipyard in western Attica....

2151. Putin hopes chemical watchdog meeting can end Skripal row

At Moscow’s request, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons will hold a special session on the Salisbury poisoning...

2152. Turkey will get Russian S-400 missiles next year

The deal worth some $2.5 billion has worried the West because the system cannot be integrated into NATO’s military architecture...

2153. EU-Turkey migrant deal ‘at risk’, report says

The deal signed between Ankara and Brussels in March 2016 to crack down on human trafficking over the Aegean is hanging in the balance as several countries are reportedly refusing to pay for it, insisting that the European Commission cover the next tranche of 3 billion euros in funding pledged to Turkey....

2154. Cypriot jihadist does not expect fair trial

Two members of the “Beatles of ISIS” squad, one of them of Cypriot origin, say they don’t expect to get a fair trial after being stripped of their British citizenship. ...

2155. China space station burns up over South Pacific

The 10.4-metre-long Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace 1”, was launched in 2011 to carry out docking and orbit experiments...

2156. Ukraine's Privatbank files $3 billion lawsuit against PwC subsidiaries

Kiev has already withdrawn PwC’s right to audit Ukrainian banks as punishment for its alleged failure to flag evidence of wrongdoing at PrivatBank...

2157. China hammers US goods with tariffs

Eight other products, including pork and scrap aluminium, will now be subject to additional tariffs of 25 percent...

2158. Greece fears rising Turkish aggression

2159. Netanyahu calls Erdogan an occupier of Cyprus

2160. Macron leading light in alliance to dominate Middle East

France joins the USA, Britain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, in forming a buffer towards Russia and trying to negate the role of Tehran...