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Pallets with 50% more supplies than first boat, Open Arms, being loaded in CyprusMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe charity sending food aid to Gaza on a ship travelling across the Mediterranean from Cyprus is loading a second boat with supplies, which it hopes will set off in the coming days.Pallets containing 300 tonnes of food aid – 50% more than the first shipment...

Vessel carrying 200 tonnes of provisions to alleviate looming famine now not sailing from Larnaca on Sunday as plannedAn aid ship carrying 200 tonnes of food to alleviate looming famine in the Gaza Strip remained docked in Cyprus on Sunday night, despite the push for maritime aid in the face of stalling ceasefire talks and the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.The...

President accused of allowing country to become a target because of ‘complicity in bloodshed of Gaza’The Cyprus government is facing growing criticism over British military bases on the island being used by UK and US forces to stage airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.President Nicos Christodoulides has been accused by activists of turning a blind eye to the risks the EU’s most easterly...

Hearing in Adiyaman involves 11 defendants accused of ‘conscious negligence’ while overseeing building’s constructionTurkey has opened the first major trial linked to the construction of buildings that crumbled in two earthquakes last year that claimed more than 50,000 lives.The hearing in the south-eastern city of Adiyaman involves 11 defendants accused of “conscious negligence” while overseeing the construction of the Isias hotel. Continue reading...