By Ghazwan Hassan and Phil Stewart Iraq has asked the United States for air support in countering Sunni rebels, the top US general said on Wednesday, after the militants seized major
By Angus MacSwan A long-range strike by substitute Memphis Depay gave the Netherlands a 3-2 win over Australia in a thrilling World Cup Group B
By Mert Ozkan and Ayla Jean Yackley Former army chief Kenan Evren, 96, who came to symbolise the military’s dominance over Turkish political life over decades, was sentenced
By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko put a pro-Western and business-friendly stamp on his leadership on Wednesday and made peace proposals for the rebellious
The Limassol-Paphos highway was closed to traffic on Wednesday evening due to a fire near Sotira village in the Limassol district, according to police. Drivers
With Wednesday and Thursday’d temperatures jumping to 39C and possibly 40C in Nicosia, the met office said cooler days were on the way towards the
By Staff Reporter Ankara has told the Turkish Cypriots it would no longer fund compensation for Greek Cypriot properties under the north’s immovable property commission
By Rafaella Georgiou Cyprus ranked 51 out of 162 countries on the 2014 Global Peace Index falling two places from last year, the Institute for
GROUP A Game Preview CAMEROON vs CROATIA By Zoran Milosavljevic Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions must improve on a toothless display in their opening match when they
By Aron Hegarty It may only be the first round of group matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, but there have already been some
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.
