Protaras is a hugely popular resort, with stunning beaches It's a chance to own a slice of Mediterranean paradise, as one lucky person will be given the keys to their own holiday home in Cyprus.

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church said on Saturday.

The children of northeastern Colombia have a message for guerrillas blamed for the country's worst violence in over a decade -- as well as for rival militants tempted to take revenge. "We want ...

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WASHINGTON — It’s time to take pride in the American flag again, President Trump’s State Department said on Tuesday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday banned flying any other flags ...

The U.S. State Department has adopted a new policy under the Trump administration that effectively blocks U.S. embassies and outposts from flying Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, a report said ...

The flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Utah are currently at Full Staff. Jan. 15, 2025 – Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has issued an order for the flags of the United States ...

FOR THE first time in living memory, I was the only passenger in a TSA security line at a major airport — Tucson, noon on a Friday, a time you’d expect Arizonans to be heading for Nome or ...

“If we don’t keep this clean, the layers of the terraces will disappear,” she says while walking below the pyramid-like crown of one of Palau’s monumental earthworks. “Palauans have to be proud of ...

After Monday's presidential inauguration, flags fly back at half-staff in Texas. According to a press release from the White House, flags were ordered to be flown at full-staff at the White House ...

An aquatic adventure in the western Pacific island nation of Palau — home to over 300 islands ... the tide is even showcased on the Palauan flag, Fonzie adds, which features a full yellow ...