Secretive Gaza meetings in Cyprus as plan to isolate Hamas gathers pace
Board of Peace talks on Gaza’s post-war future face funding crises and warnings of a colonial occupation.
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Europe’s little-known mutual defence clause: Is it a NATO substitute?
Several European leaders have called for a discussion on using the bloc’s mutual assistance clause amid US tensions.
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Can Europe help the Middle East resolve the war on Iran?
Global News Insight’s Rory Challands reports from the EU summit in Cyprus.
Published On 24 Apr 2026
Uzbek chess grandmaster Sindarov sets up world title match with Gukesh
Javokhir Sindarov wins the Candidates Tournament with a round to spare and will face India’s Gukesh next.
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Why have Europe, Australia sent military assets to the Middle East?
France, Spain and Australia are among the countries to deploy military assets to the Middle East after Cyprus attacks.
‘British Bases Out’: Anger in Cyprus over UK bases after drone strike
Protests grow as attack on British military site stirs fears that Cyprus is being dragged into a regional conflict.
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Why are the US and Israel framing the ongoing conflict as a religious war?
US troops reportedly told the war in Iran is intended to bring about biblical end times, Armageddon.
UK, France send warships, air defence assets to Cyprus after drone attack
The development comes after an Iranian-made drone crashed into the UK’s military base in Cyprus.
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What we know on day three of US-Israeli attacks on Iran
A day after Iranian supreme leader’s killing was confirmed, attacks are reported in Dubai, Cyprus and across the region.
British military base in Cyprus targeted in suspected drone attack
The attack marks the first strike on a British military base in Cyprus since 1986, escalating regional tensions.
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What’s Netanyahu’s planned ‘hexagon’ alliance – and can it work?
Analysts call PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance pitch a ‘fantasy world’ as Israel faces growing international isolation.
