Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the resolution of disputes in the issue of the divided island of Cyprus is through peace talks taking place only between "the two states" on the Mediterranean island.

A Royal Navy carrier strike group led by the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier which is heading to the South China Sea to provoke Beijing has been struck by a major coronavirus outbreak.

A new report says some European countries are warming their ties with Syria after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won a new term in office.

A deadly forest fire that was the worst to hit Cyprus in decades kills at least four people.

Cypriot police use water cannons and tear gas to break up hundreds of protesters in rare clashes during a demonstration against government corruption and coronavirus restrictions.

Some protesters beat drums or shouted in the face of the police, who moved in from several streets to block the demonstrators.

‘There is no longer any solution but a two-state solution. Whether you accept it or not, there is no federation anymore.’

The Turkish military has launched naval drills in the eastern Mediterranean, two weeks after the European Union announced plans to impose sanctions on Turkey.

Erdogan says his country will not bow to threats and blackmail over its energy exploration rights in the contested Eastern Mediterranean waters.

President Erdogan says Turkey sees itself as an inseparable part of Europe but will not give in to attacks and double standards in order to gain the full membership of the European Union.