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U.S. will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, Biden tells Israel’s Lapid
President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday the United States will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon, the White House said, as...
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Op-ed: Penalizing Russia
by George Kakouris The parallels between the Baltic countries' strategy towards Russia and the Cyprus strategy, so to speak, towards Turkey, seem easy (and are an...
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Cyprus cannot accept to be under Turkey’s guarantees says Anastasiades
Cyprus cannot accept to be under Turkey’s guarantees, to be under Turkey’s influence, to be virtually controlled, President Nicos Anastasiades said on Sunday....
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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Shellfire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Uk raine fuelled fears of major disaster as both sides kept blaming each other, while...
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Russian stocks to pare some heavy losses by year-end
Russia’s stock market will pare some of its heavy 2022 losses by the end of the year, according to a Reuters poll of ten market experts, having fallen sharply after...
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Turkey has no preconditions for dialogue with Syria
Turkey does not have preconditions for dialogue with the Syrian government, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday, in a further softening of...
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US disapproves of Dennis Rodman’s planned rescue mission for Griner
The White House has a dim view of former American pro basketball player Dennis Rodman’s reported plan to travel to Russia and gain the release of American...
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Singapore will decriminalise sex between men – PM
Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, the prime minister said on Sunday, adding that society in the city-state was becoming more accepting of gay people. But...
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Cuba to send hundreds of doctors to Italy’s Calabria region
Cuba will send nearly 500 doctors to the Calabria region of southern Italy, Cuban state media reported this week, part of a broader program that sends surplus medics from...
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Is Azerbaijan about to recognise Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus?
The leader of the Turkish-speaking community of Cyprus, Ersin Tatar, made special statements to the Ulusal Kanal , expressing his belief that Azerbaijan is about to...
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Erdogan plays up diplomatic gains with eye on elections
A series of diplomatic wins, capped by the deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports, provides some respite for President Tayyip Erdogan from Turkey ‘s economic...
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Cypriot Foreign Minister Says Diplomacy – Which Failed – Only Answer
NICOSIA – It hasn’t worked for decades and the Turkish-Cypriot occupied side has rejected talking but Cypriot Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said negotiation is...
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Cavusoglu: Turkey sent Greek, Cypriot vessels away form its continental shelf
Turkey prevented nine Greek and Cypriot naval units from entering the country’s continental shelf, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told a diplomacy conference on...
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Officials call for fair and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem during memorial services
Ministers and officials, addressing on Sunday memorial services for the heroes of the 1974 Turkish invasion and occupation, called for a fair and functional solution...
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War in Ukraine can’t be ended by ignoring Russia – Erdogan aide
A top aide to Turkey’s president said on Friday the international community cannot end the war in Ukraine by ignoring Moscow, as Tayyip Erdogan headed to Russia to...
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Russia ready to discuss prisoner swap with US Lavrov says
Russian said on Friday that it wa s ready to discuss prisoner swaps with Washington through an existing diplomatic channel, a day after basketball star Brittney...
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Three scenarios for Turkish provocations in the East Med
Preparations are done and the Turkish drilling rig Abdul Hamid Khan is ready to sail to its destination, according to informed sources, but the location is yet to...
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Kremlin to US: ‘megaphone diplomacy’ won’t work on Griner swap
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that any talks on a possible prisoner exchange involving U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner needed to be discreet and...
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Will Turkey sink or swim in the East Med
You can tell the summer is in full swing because it’s the time when Turkey likes to play the game of brinkmanship in the East Med. Ankara has a new drillship it wants to...
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Ukraine says scores of Russians killed in Kherson fighting
The Ukrainian military said on Saturday it had killed scores of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of...
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U.S. penalises Russian individuals, groups for malign influence
The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday imposed sanctions on two Russian individuals and four entities it accused of supporting the Kremlin’s global malign...
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Foreign ministry used enlightenment funding to finance marathons – audit office
The foreign ministry used funds for the enlightenment of the Cyprus problem to finance a group formed to participate in a series of marathons for two years, an...
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Russian-occupied Kherson cut off as Ukraine counter-attacks – Britain
A Ukrainian counter-offensive has virtually cut off the Russian-occupied southern city of Kherson and left thousands of Russian troops stationed near the Dnipro River...
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Hyping up Cold War mentality goes against spirit of the times
By Wang Sheng On July 19, Cyprus Mail published a reportage titled “As China flexes its muscles in the Indo-Pacific, Canada and Austraila must step up”. I deeply...