Israel is set to be one of the first countries targeted by a reform of the mechanism to suspend short-stay visa-free travel into the EU and Schengen countries agreed on Tuesday by the European Parliament and the Council according to European (...)
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday rejected U.S. demands for surrender following days of intensified Israeli airstrikes, warning that any American military involvement would inflict "irreparable damage" on the United (...)
Israel has started flying home citizens stranded overseas during the conflict with Iran, with two flights from Cyprus landing in Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning.
Israel's airspace has been closed since the country launched a surprise airstrike (...)
Israel has said it rejects a decision by the European Union to review the bloc's wide-ranging trade and cooperation pact with the country over its intensified offensive in Gaza.
The EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas stated on Tuesday that the (...)
US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Friday as Donald Trump urged the Russian president to "get moving" on a ceasefire in Ukraine.
It will be Witkoff's third meeting with Putin this year, during which the US has (...)
A Russian-American citizen has been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.
Amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina, a Los Angeles resident, had been in prison in Russia for over a year, after being arrested in the city of Yekaterinburg (...)
Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul's city hall for a second consecutive night to protest against the arrest of the city's mayor, which many view as a politically driven attempt to eliminate a key rival from the next presidential (...)
The Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides, as well as Turkey, Greece, the United Kingdom, and the EU, are set to meet on Monday to discuss the reunification of the Mediterranean island once again.
However, chances for a breakthrough remain low.
The island (...)
European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to finally bring into force the Entry/Exit System (EES), the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers that has been repeatedly delayed over technical problems and lack of preparedness.
The (...)
The external borders of the European Union registered more than 120,000 cases of pushback by national authorities against irregular migrants in 2024, according to a new report by a group of nine human rights organizations.
The report, released on (...)
Romania and Bulgaria have become full members of the European Union's border-free Schengen area after scrapping land border controls in the bloc.
The expansion was officially introduced at midnight on Wednesday and was marked by celebrations at some (...)
As the new Syria struggles to take shape, old threats are re-emerging.
The chaos since the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad is "paving the way" for the so-called Islamic State (IS) to make a comeback, according to a leading Kurdish commander who helped (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of (...)
Georgia and Turkey on Tuesday received stinging report cards from European Union ministers over their accession process, while Ukraine and Moldova mostly got gold stars.
In enlargement conclusions released as they were meeting in Brussels, EU (...)
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 (...)
