Cyprus
EUROPE
From Stalemate to Hope: Erhurman’s Win Rekindles UN-Led Cyprus Talks
A landslide election in Turkish Cyprus, fueled by economic crisis, decisively breaks the political stalemate, renewing the push for a federal solution.
EUROPE
Cyprus: Israel’s Twin Approach on Türkiye
The Israeli air defence systems deployed to Cyprus last month offer more than just protection for the island.
BUSINESS
Iron Dome 2.0: Türkiye Challenges Israel’s Iron Dome Supremacy
Ankara builds Steel Dome while Tel Aviv acknowledges Armenian events, pushing two former partners toward military and diplomatic collision.
EUROPE
Malta Shuts the Door on ‘Golden Passports’: Contribution, Not Direct Investment
EU bans Malta golden passport scheme, ruling citizenship can’t be sold, ending years of investment-based nationality sales.
EUROPE
Cyprus Corridor: A Hub Between India and Europe
While yachts ferry panicked Israelis to safety and Modi lands for historic talks, tiny Cyprus finds itself at the heart of Middle East power games.
Popular
Winter Storm Research Rewrites a Witch Trial Tragedy
As new research published in Smithsonian Magazine this week connects a 1617 Arctic storm to Norway's deadliest witch trials, climate historians reveal how weather shock fed decades of persecution.
Prediction Takes Politics: Prophets and Polymarkets Collide
As 11 Peruvian shamans predicted Nicolás Maduro's fall on 29 December 2025, crypto traders were placing similar bets online—five days before U.S. forces extracted the Venezuelan leader to New York.
Mladenov Takes Over Gaza Board After Regional Veto
Nickolay Mladenov becomes Gaza peace board head after Arab states blocked Tony Blair, raising questions about whose interests guide Washington's selection.
Abu Dhabi Rebuffs British Universities Over Campus Radicalisation
The world’s wealthiest patrons now view Western campuses as hazards, forcing a costly inversion of the traditional hierarchy that once defined global education.
Bury the Lead: MTV ‘Death’ and the Way We Read Now
As MTV continued broadcasting across the United States and most of Europe on 1 January 2026, millions of social media tributes mourned a channel that had never actually shut down.
