The founder of the English Defence League (EDL) Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after he admitted to breaching court orders on multiple occasions in front of London judges on Monday.
The (...)
ATHENS — The Royal Saudi Naval Forces, alongside forces from Egypt, France and Cyprus, took part in a joint naval and air exercise in Greece, titled 'Medusa 13', which has just concluded. Rear Admiral Mansour Al-Juaid, Commander of the Western (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Naval Forces are taking part in the joint naval-air exercise titled "Medusa 13" in Greece, along with forces from the host country, as well as from Egypt, France and Cyprus.
The exercise Commander Col. Fahd Al-Otaibi, the Saudi (...)
The UK government has chartered a commercial flight out of Lebanon to assist British nationals trying to flee the fighting, the foreign secretary has announced.
The situation was "volatile" and had the potential to "deteriorate quickly", David Lammy (...)
The prime minister has told British nationals in Lebanon "now is the time to leave" after fighting intensified between Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed armed group that dominates the country.
Sir Keir Starmer said "we are ramping up the (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan held separate talks with President of Bulgaria Rumen Radev and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides in New York on Wednesday. The meetings were held on the sidelines of the (...)
RIYADH — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman administered the oath of office and secrecy to a number of newly appointed Saudi ambassadors to friendly countries in a ceremony (...)
JEDDAH — The weekly session of the Saudi Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman in Jeddah on Tuesday, underscored the utmost keenness shown by the state to the education sector and its continuous care for the (...)
The fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in the seaside town of Southport, in the north of England, has been followed by the worst unrest the UK has seen in more than a decade.
The violence, in towns and cities across England and in (...)
Turkey has been hit by a massive heatwave, with air temperatures 8 to 12 degrees above seasonal norms throughout the week.
The western and southern coasts of the Mediterranean country are already experiencing extreme heat, and the thermometer is (...)
A popular YouTuber from Cyprus has been elected as an independent MEP to the European Parliament.
Fidias Panayiotou has previously described himself as a "professional mistake maker" and some of his online hijinks include trying to hug 100 (...)
Voters in most EU countries began casting their ballots Sunday to elect their representatives in the European Parliament (EP) for a five-year term.
On the final stretch of four days of voting that began this week, EU voters in Austria, Belgium, (...)
The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the (...)
US President Joe Biden announced on Friday that the first aid shipment has successfully reached the Gaza Strip via a newly established multinational humanitarian pier.
This initial delivery, facilitated by the collaborative efforts of CENTCOM, (...)
The US military has confirmed that the first aid shipment via a temporary pier off Gaza has gone ashore.
US Central Command confirmed in a post on X that the aid trucks began moving ashore at about 0900 local time (0700 BST).
"This is an ongoing, (...)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the move on Thursday morning following a meeting with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides in Lebanon's capital, Beirut.
The financial (...)
A desperately needed shipment of food aid destined for Gaza departed from Cyprus on Saturday, weeks after humanitarian efforts in the besieged enclave were severely disrupted following a deadly Israeli airstrike which killed seven World Central (...)
British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned.
The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed "third party" would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia and Cyprus agreed on Thursday mutual visa exemption for holders of diplomatic and special passports.
The agreement was concluded by Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Cypriot Counterpart (...)
A yellow-orange haze of dust from the Sahara desert has blanketed parts of Greece, creating spectacular scenes and prompting authorities to issue health warnings.
The Greek meteorological service said weather conditions on Tuesday had favored the (...)
Almost two-thirds of EU citizens say they are "likely" to vote in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament.
The findings stem from the latest edition of the Eurobarometer, the parliament's official survey, which collected the opinions of (...)
European Union leaders are gathering in Brussels for a special two-day summit focused on the bloc's economic competitiveness.
But the agenda is set to be overshadowed by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, which the West fears could soon spiral (...)
Israel said it will open the Erez crossing to northern Gaza, where starvation is most acute, and will also open the Ashdod deep water port a short distance to the north — but has not yet detailed when or how these routes will operate.
It follows the (...)
Some of Israel's closest allies, including the United States, on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the (...)
The European Union on Sunday announced a €7.3 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts and chaos in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.
European Commission (...)
