The island nation's president, Nikos Christodoulides, expressed hope that the accord would strengthen bilateral defense ties and cooperation between the two countries, particularly at a time of heightened security concerns as conflicts ravage the wider region.
France's Minister of Defense Catherine Vautrin, left, and her Cypriot counterpart Vasilis Palmas shake hands after signing an agreement during an informal EU defense meeting in Nicosia, June 8, 2026.
According to the media and the opposition, Israel is facing decisive days that go far beyond the personal fate of Benjamin Netanyahu or the country's historic alliance with the United States.
'Resisting a repressive regime (3/3). Six years after the end of the pro-democracy movement that shook the country, judicial harassment continues to target those still seeking to promote freedom of expression.
In front of the campaign headquarters of Algeria's outgoing president and independent presidential candidate, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, near Place de l'Emir-Abdelkader in central Algiers, on September 5, 2024.
Abandoning the project will be a blow to efforts by European countries to cooperate more closely on defense and to present a united front as they contend with a hostile Russia and souring ties with the United States.
Under her husband's influence, Camille F. moved to Syria, where she spent nine years enduring war and loss before being repatriated with her five children in 2022. She is standing trial in Paris starting Monday.
An Israeli security personnel inspects an impact site, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, in an Israeli settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 8, 2026.
The incumbent prime minister won by a wide margin against the pro-Russian opposition, led by billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, in a vote seen as a choice between closer ties with the European Union and remaining within Moscow's orbit.
Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan at the headquarters of his party, Civil Contract, after winning the legislative elections in Yerevan on June 8, 2026.
Iran launched ballistic missiles toward Israel in response to an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs, prompting an immediate Israeli retaliation on Iranian territory.
Latvian, French and NATO flags flutter in front of a French Rafale fighter jet of the NATO Baltic Air Policing mission, in the Lielvarde air base, Latvia April 14, 2026.
While Donald Trump expected the Iranian regime to fall, the war he has waged with Israel appears to have strengthened the regime's core, reinforcing military and security structures and accelerating domestic repression.
At least 31 people were killed after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck on Monday. Philippine authorities urged people in affected coastal regions to move to higher ground after the offshore quake hit south of General Santos, a city of about 720,000.
The division of the French telecommunications company's activities between Bouygues Telecom, Free and Orange could pave the way for mergers across the continent, as telecom operators push for greater profitability.
'How China is Devouring Europe' (3/4). Kunshan specializes in electronics, Heshan in children's books… Along the Yangtze and the Pearl River, the multitude of industrial cities bear witness to how the country has transformed itself into a manufacturing juggernaut.
Despite the Russian president's refusal to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, exiled Russian political scientist Farida Rustamova sees signs that the Russian leader may be open to negotiations, which she shares in an interview.
Denmark's Christian Eriksen (L) fights for the ball with Lithuania's Modestas Vorobjovas and Artemijus Tutyskinas during the international friendly football match between Denmark and Lithuania in Odense on June 10, 2025.
Every day, a few thousand NGO members act in support of peaceful coexistence with Palestinians, a halt to settlements and an end to the military occupation of the West Bank. Yet, their political and social influence has been steadily declining over the past 20 years.
Left-wing Israeli activists protest as other Israelis celebrate Israel's Independence Day at the Palestinian spring of Al-Auja, in the village of Ras Ein el-Auja, from which the Bedouin community was expelled by Israeli settlers earlier this year, on April 22, 2026.
'How China is Devouring Europe' (2/4). Beijing has caught up with and then surpassed the West across an impressive number of technologies and economic sectors, seeking to control entire value chains.
A model of Hualong One, a Chinese third-generation nuclear reactor, displayed at the Nuclear Industry China 2026 trade show, in Beijing, on April 22, 2026.
Israel's intervention in southern Syria has played into the hands of drug traffickers, forcing Jordan to carry out airstrikes to stem the flow of captagon into its territory, writes historian Jean-Pierre Filiu.
Tehran said the attacks were intended as a 'warning' following an Israeli airstrike on Beirut's southern suburbs earlier in the day, adding that any further aggression would be met with a 'broader' response against all US-Israeli targets in the region.
The Iranian national football team arrives at Antalya Airport for their departure to Mexico ahead of the FIFA 2026 World Cup football tournament, in Antalya, on June 6, 2026.
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