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Hariri fails to form a government while Lebanon is facing total collapse
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 19 (ANI): Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, who was tasked with forming a government in the country last October, after presenting on Wednesday his proposed cabinet to President Michel Aoun-which Aoun rejected once again for the 19th time in a row-announce
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COVID-19: Thousands protest against SafePass in Cyprus, demand end to vacc
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Thousands of people have gathered outside the presidential palace in the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, to protest against SafePass and what they consider to be pressure to get vaccinated against COVID-19, local media report.
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Pakistan may recognise Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey] July 13 (ANI): A tweet by the Pakistani embassy in Turkey on Saturday is being seen as a significant step towards Islamabad recognising the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus as a sovereign state.
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Jaishankar, Cypriot counterpart discuss cooperation, including travel amid
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Monday spoke with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides and discussed bilateral cooperation, including travel in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Turkey's offer to secure Kabul airport could prove to be a very risky busi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 12 (ANI): The proposal made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to US President Joe Biden last month on the sidelines of a NATO summit that Turkey could undertake the security of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after NATO's withdrawal from Afghan
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Turkey rejects its inclusion in US list of countries implicated in use of
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], July 5 (ANI): The Turkish Foreign Ministry last Friday reacted angrily to its inclusion in a US report in the list of countries that are implicated for the use of child soldiers by Turkish-backed groups in Syria and Libya.
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Erdogan inaugurates the controversial canal project, Istanbul Mayor has ni
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 28 (ANI): Ignoring strong reservations and objections from many quarters, Turkey's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday took the first step for the implementation of his most ambitious mega project called the Canal Istanbul project, with the groundbrea
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Dr. R.K. Raghavan, Former Director CBI & Former High Commissioner to C
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Sonipat (Haryana) [India], June 24 (ANI/OP Jindal University): Demonstrating its commitment to institutional excellence, O.P. Jindal University (JGU) brings one of India's most eminent personalities to its academic community.
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Election of Ebrahim Raisi as President means that ultra-conservatives have
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 21 (ANI): Hard-line Chief Justice Ebrahim Raisi won Friday's elections in Iran, getting 17.8 million votes, while his main opponents - former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei got only 3.3 million, and moderate former Central Bank Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati
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China challenges US position as the most important partner for Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 14 (ANI): Following the US policy shift to disengage from the Middle East region, which started under President Barack Obama and continued and accelerated under Donald Trump, China stepped in to fill the vacuum created and now plays a wider role in the region. China's
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Unusual coalition in Israel tries to put an end to Netanyahu's era
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], June 7 (ANI): A few minutes before his mandate to form a government expired last Wednesday, Yair Lapid, the leader of Yesh Atid party, informed President Reuven Rivlin that he managed to cobble together a coalition government.
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Cyprus' pro-presidential party wins legislative election with 27.77 pc of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], May 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The pro-presidential center-right Democratic Rally (DISI) gathered 27.77 per cent of the vote, winning the parliamentary election in Cyprus, the Central Election Commission said on Sunday after 100 per cent of ballots were counted.
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