A boat carrying 45 Syrian refugees sank southeast of the Greek island of Crete, Turkish authorities said today, Anadolu Agency reports. The boat went down at 9.10 pm. local...

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has reassured his Greek counterpart Katerina Sakellaropoulou that Israel continues to side with Greece and Cyprus in their dispute with Turkey, local media have reported....

"Those who criticise Turkey with the Cyprus Peace Operation continue to distort the historical facts", the president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Ersin Tatar, said on...

What: Turkey's invasion of the north of Cyprus following a military coup which aimed to annex the island to Greece When: 20 July 1974 Where: Cyprus What happened? Upon...

Greek police stripped a Turkish woman and migrant Afghan women naked and searched them before sexually assaulting them as they attempted to make their way from Turkey to mainland...

The EU border agency Frontex has failed to protect the human rights of asylum seekers, according to a European Parliament report, according to the Guardian. The report's author, Tineke...

Greece should give up its maximalist claims and conceive ways to benefit from regional resources together with Turkey, said Turkey's communications director. Turkey wants good relations with all neighbors,...

On the North Bank of the River Thames stands London’s most ancient monument. Older than the British capital itself, Cleopatra’s Needle dates back nearly 3,500 years.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry yesterday summoned Greek Ambassador in Ankara, Michael-Christos Diamessis, to "firmly" protest his country's ill- treatment of Turkey's football club Galatasaray at Athens airport on Monday, Anadolu reported....

Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said Greece is maintaining its provocative stances that exacerbate tensions by ignoring the law and not respecting agreements it has signed. This came in...

Three Syrian asylum seekers were left with no choice but to swim back to Turkey after Greek authorities turned them away, Anadolu Agency reported. Upon receiving a distress call, Turkish coast...

Official negotiations on the Cyprus issue can start only after the recognition of the sovereign equality of the Turkish side, the Turkish Cypriot president said Saturday, reports Anadolu Agency....

Amnesty International slammed Greek authorities for the torture, ill-treatment and illegal pushback of migrants and refugees to Turkey. In a report titled "Greece: Violence, lies, and pushbacks", Amnesty reported...

Egypt stands with Greece against any attempts to breach its sovereignty, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said yesterday. "The maritime demarcation agreement between Egypt and Greece is a role...

Turkey has warned that Greece must halt its "provocation" and "harassment" in the Aegean Sea. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu made his comment when speaking to journalists in Antalya, referring...

Turkish Cypriots are in favor of "the new policy", a two-state solution, on Cyprus as decades of negotiations for a federation failed to resolve the Cyprus issue, said the...

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer called on Turkey to negotiate on its gas exploration plans in a disputed area of the Mediterranean Sea also claimed by European Union members Greece and Cyprus, DW reports....

The first general conference of the European Realistic Disobedience Front (MeRA25) in Athens has called for Greece and the EU to recognise the State of Palestine and impose sanctions...

Saudi Arabia is hosting a joint air exercise with several Arab states at the Prince Sultan Air Base, according to an announcement yesterday by the Ministry of Defence. The...

Turkey today rescued 32 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea after they were pushed back by Greek coastal authorities into Turkish territorial waters, an official said, Anadolu Agency reports....

Europe is testing a "sound cannon" – which gives off a high-pitched noise as loud as a jet engine – to deter people arriving and seeking refuge, according to...

Be careful please … if you are a journalist, then your life is in serious danger. Dear reader, this article is not meant to trigger feelings of pessimism or...

Turkey is ready to begin a dialogue with Greece "without preconditions", Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu announced yesterday. Cavusoglu told reporters in the Greek capital city of Athens that the...

Hamas yesterday rejected Belarus' claim that it was behind a false bomb threat that prompted the diversion of a passenger plane to Minsk, where an opposition journalist on board...

Belarus has claimed that a bomb threat from Hamas was the reason it diverted a plane to Minsk where authorities then arrested a journalist on board. The claim was...

Greek Prime Minister Nikos Dendias yesterday arrived in Israel where he met his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi and Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh. Israeli news website Ynet reported that Dendias' visit was "an...

Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is cancelling a new line that had been scheduled to run from Israel to Greece and Cyprus from next month, citing regional security concerns, reports...

Head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna hailed on Tuesday the victory of Palestinians in the battle to defend Jerusalem and the holy sites, Rai al Youm reported....

European Union (EU) member states' pushback of asylum seekers and refugees seeking to enter Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the death of over 2,000, according to a report by...

Head of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, affirmed that his country adheres to the maritime agreement signed between Tripoli and Ankara, and pledged not to...

Germany's Interior Minister has said that far-right crimes in the country have hit a record high. Far-right offences accounted for more than half of all politically motivated crimes and...

Last week, an informal meeting began in Geneva linked to the Cyprus peace talks. It was an initiative by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as he seeks common ground for...