Turkish lawmakers authorize sending troops to fight in Libya in support of U.N.-backed regime
Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorized the deployment of troops to Libya to support the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli that is battling forces loyal to a rival government seeking to capture the capital. Turkish lawmakers voted 325-184 at an emergency session in favor of a one-year ...
Turkey-Libya maritime EEZ deal rattles eastern Mediterranean
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a surprise visit to Tunisia on Wednesday to discuss cooperation for a possible cease-fire in neighboring Libya, where Ankara supports the internationally recognized government. The visit comes after Turkey signed an accord with Libya's internationally recognized government last month ...
Olympic champion Mizuki Noguchi named first Japanese runner in Tokyo 2020 torch relay
Athens Olympic women's marathon gold medalist Mizuki Noguchi will be the first runner from Japan to carry the flame on its journey to next year's Summer Games, the Tokyo organizing committee said Monday. Noguchi will be the second runner to take part in the Greek ...
Brazil says Greek-flagged tanker is top suspect in oil spills
A Greek-flagged tanker is the main suspect in oil spills that have been appearing along the coast of Brazil for two months, the defense ministry said Friday, finally lifting some of the suspense over this "environmental catastrophe." The oil began appearing in early September and ...
Olympic icons Tadahiro Nomura, Saori Yoshida to unveil Tokyo 2020 flame in March
Three-time Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura and Saori Yoshida will deliver the 2020 Olympic flame from Greece and unveil it in Japan at a ceremony in March, the organizing committee of the Tokyo Games said Friday. Nomura, a former judoka who captured his first of ...
'Death better than this': Greece's Moria camp refugees decry conditions
Jan Ali Razaiem said he made the long journey from his home in Afghanistan to Greece for a better future for his two sons. Instead, he has been forced to settle for the squalor of Moria, a filthy overcrowded migrant camp on the island of ...
Hundreds of migrants protest conditions on Greek isle of Lesbos
Around a thousand migrants staged a fresh protest Tuesday in Europe's largest migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, two days after a deadly fire at the vastly overcrowded facility. The demonstrators, mainly women and children with some elderly people, left the Moria camp ...
Greece wants to return 10,000 migrants to Turkey after deadly refugee camp fire on island of Lesbos
Greece said Monday it wanted to start sending back thousands of migrants to Turkey, a day after a deadly fire sparked riots at an overcrowded camp on the island of Lesbos. The decision, taken at an emergency Cabinet meeting, came as officials in Greece and ...
Crowded migrant camp on Greek island of Lesbos erupts into clashes as container fire rages
A fire broke out on Sunday at a container inside a crowded refugee camp on the eastern Greek island of Lesbos close to Turkey and then the refugees clashed with police, the emergency services said. Thick smoke could be seen rising over the Moria camp, ...
Migrants posing as basketball team and heading to Switzerland thwarted by Greek police
Ten migrants posing as a basketball team were arrested at Athens' international airport trying to travel with illegally obtained passports, Greek police said Sunday. Police said the migrants, who had entered Greece without legal documents, arrived at the Eleftherios Venizelos Airport on Saturday posing as ...
Greek police arrest Lebanese suspect in 1985 hijacking of Trans World Airlines plane
Greek police have arrested a 65-year-old man suspected of an aircraft hijacking and kidnapping, crimes committed in 1985 and 1987, they said Saturday. Greek media said the man was thought to be involved in the 1985 hijacking of a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight in ...
Hundreds of migrants moved from 'hell' of overcrowded Greek isle of Lesbos
Greek officials and U.N. workers evacuated the first group of what will be hundreds of migrants from the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday, where overcrowding and a crushing heat have made conditions unbearable. A first group of 635 Afghans at the Moria camp were ...
