Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed 15 agreements boosting bilateral ties with Cyprus on Thursday, including a key accord abolishing double taxation that officials hope will be a boon to investment in both countries.
LONDON - A tycoon who fled Britain almost two decades ago following the spectacular collapse of his business empire told British media Thursday that he is returning to London to face charges of fraud.
BEIRUT - Another blockade-busting ship with activists and aid on board could be bound for Gaza within a few days after Lebanese authorities granted permission Monday for it to sail first to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
JERUSALEM - A defiant Israel enforced its 3-year-old blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday, with naval commandos swiftly commandeering a Gaza-bound aid vessel carrying an Irish Nobel laureate and other activists and forcing it to head to an Israeli port instead.
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister has signaled he is determined to enforce a naval blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, as international pressure mounts for the restrictions to be eased or scrapped altogether.
