By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura and Xola Potelwa The ruling African National Congress (ANC) swept toward victory in South Africa’s fifth post-apartheid election on Thursday, handing President Jacob Zuma the clout
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico City on Thursday, rattling buildings and prompting office evacuations, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The US Geological Survey put
By Marwan Makdesi Syrian forces took full control on Thursday over Homs, a city once associated with scenes of joyous pro-democracy crowds but now famed for
By Eyanir Chinea and Deisy Buitrago Venezuelan security forces on Thursday rounded up hundreds of youth activists and dismantled camps set up as part of
By Aaron Maasho South Sudan’s rebel leader Riek Machar arrived in the Ethiopian capital on Thursday to meet President Salva Kiir, a rebel source said, after international pressure for
A 63-year-old Frenchman was sentenced to jail for eight years on Thursday after he was found guilty of trafficking 3.5 kilos of cocaine. The man
By George Psyllides Casino licences should be expected by Spring 2015, the government said on Thursday, as legislation on the matter was scheduled to be
By Constantinos Psillides A 20-year-old soldier from Paphos was arrested on Thursday morning, after leading the police on an extended car chase through the city,
By Alan Baldwin Formula One’s European season kicks off in Spain this weekend with Lewis Hamilton on a roll and ready to wrest the championship
By Constantinos Psillides Former convict Andreas Onoufriou, 63, will go on trial on June 5 before the Limassol criminal court, charged with attempted murder of
The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.
