Libya’s Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha has called on Cyprus to refuse the passport applications of General Khalifa Haftar’s four sons, after it emerged that they were applying for citizenship...

The United States demanded that buyers of Iranian oil stop purchases by May 1 or face sanctions

At least 372 irregular migrants were held across Turkey on Monday, according to security sources. Some 261 irregular migrants who had entered Turkey illegally were held by gendarmerie forces in the...

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) sent an urgent letter to the European Union’s European Commission regarding their participation in funding EuroAsia Interconnector, a power transmission project aiming to...

At least 30 Palestinians from Gaza were on board a refugee boat that capsized off the coast of Greece, Al-Quds newspaper reported yesterday. According to the paper at least...

Greek police clashed with migrants camped close to the country’s northern border hoping to cross into Europe, witnesses said, as reported on Reuters.  Riot police fired teargas at dozens...

It has been three years since the European Union signed the “one in, one out” deal with Turkey on 18 March, 2016. The ongoing humanitarian crisis on the Greek...

The United States aims to cut Iran’s crude exports by about 20 percent to below 1 million barrels per day (bpd) from May by requiring importing countries to reduce...

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Is the mosque a threat to the city's Greek identity?

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced that 203 migrants had died in the Mediterranean since the start of the year, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. In a statement,...

The energy ministers of seven countries launched the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum on Monday in an effort to benefit from the energy-rich region, particularly natural gas resources. The forum’s...

Oxfam has condemned the European Union for the “inhumane conditions” under which hundreds of migrants, including unaccompanied children, pregnant women and disabled persons, live in on the Greek islands....

All countries that were granted waivers from the United States to continue buying a certain amount of Iranian oil imports are complying with US sanctions, a senior Iranian energy official said, noting...

Last September, Greece experienced deadly wildfires near Athens

The leaders of Israel, Cyprus and Greece yesterday agreed to “remove the obstacles” to signing an agreement to establish the Israel-Europe gas pipeline project. The fifth summit of the...

Greece has seized drugs worth more than 100 million euros ($113 million) after intercepting a Syrian ship sailing for Libya, Reuters reported the coast guard as saying on Friday....

London-based rights watchdog Amnesty International on Saturday announced “10 overarching demands” of women and children living in Greece’s refugee camps to overcome human rights violations. In the report published on Saturday, the human...

Women in Greek migrant camps are too scared to leave their tents at night or use communal showers, and many pregnant women have to sleep on the floor in...

The Egyptian army announced joint military training exercises with the United States on Thursday, to combat terrorism and reducing the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED), two days before the launch...

Turkey’s foreign minister called for a new chapter in testy diplomatic ties with Greece on Saturday, even as he berated the neighbouring country for providing a safe haven for...

The UN has urged Greece to tackle the issue of overcrowding in refugee reception centres as reports emerge of spate of suicide attempts by minors. Overcrowding means “thousands of...

Turkish victory on 30 August is a “resistance” to the great European powers who wanted to expel the Ottomans, who they described in the 1815 Vienna Congress as “the Sick...

Spain will not tolerate violent attempts to enter the country, the government said on Wednesday, in response to criticism of its swift return of 116 illegal migrants to Morocco after they...

Germany has reached an agreement with Greece to send back migrants to the Mediterranean country if they have already applied for asylum there, the German Interior Ministry said on...

Germany on Wednesday reached an agreement with Spain to send back migrants caught at the German border. In a news conference in Berlin, German Interior Ministry’s spokeswoman Eleonore Petermann...

For the fifth straight year, at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the deadliest, claiming the lives of one...

The Egyptian army on Monday announced the launch of tripartite air/sea military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea with Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration. “With a view to supporting...

British singer and actor Sting called world leaders “half men and cowards” on Saturday for their inability to solve the refugee crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has already played...

The European Commission has called for the continuation of the bilateral migrant readmission deal between Turkey and Greece. “The commission’s position is that it should be continuously implemented in...

Refugees, especially children, in in the Moria camp on the Medellie Greek island face the threat of diseases resulting from poor health and living conditions. A number of representatives of...