The external borders of the European Union registered more than 120,000 cases of pushback by national authorities against irregular migrants in 2024, according to a new report by a group of nine human rights organizations.
The report, released on (...)
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision with a merchant ship near Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night, a US Navy spokesperson said Thursday.
It's not clear what caused the collision between (...)
Accused Russian money launderer Alexander Vinnik is being released from US custody in exchange for Marc Fogel, a Trump administration source told CNN Wednesday.
Vinnik is accused of running a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency exchange that (...)
Santorini has been hit by a powerful, shallow 5.3 magnitude earthquake, which is the strongest to strike the Greek island during recent seismic activity in the area.
The tremors were felt in Athens on Monday evening and measured a focal depth of (...)
Thousands of residents are fleeing the Greek island of Santorini amid a wave of seismic activity.
Some 6,000 people have left the island by ferry since Sunday, according to local media, with emergency flights scheduled to leave on Tuesday.
More than (...)
EU leaders on Monday didn't appear to have coalesced around key options to boost common spending in defence, calling for the European Commission to first explore ways they could increase their own national investments in the sector.
Leaders urged (...)
New Zealand has relaxed its visa requirements to allow tourists to work remotely while visiting the country in an effort to boost its tourism sector.
Under the new rules, visitors can now carry out remote working for a foreign employer while (...)
A marble statue of a woman, believed to be more than 2,000 years old, was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday quoting police sources.
A resident discovered the (...)
ALULA — Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis held wide-ranging talks and co-chaired the Saudi-Greek Strategic Partnership Council at the winter camp in AlUla on Monday.
During the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that the electrical interconnection project between Saudi Arabia and Greece confirms the common desire between the two countries to enhance cooperation in the field of energy. "This (...)
The Greens have kicked off their electoral campaign starting with a tour of the German city of Lübeck.
The first rally was headlined by the outgoing Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Member of the Bundestag Felix Banaszak, direct candidate for the (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow
MOSCOW — Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir (...)
Javed Iqbal, a Pakistani carpenter working in Saudi Arabia, says he deeply regrets his decision to illegally send his 13-year-old son to Europe.
"The agents had sent dozens of boys from the village to Greece and Italy," he says. "My son, who was (...)
Kenyan business student Nelson Amenya has been hailed as a hero by those campaigning for greater transparency in the deals his government makes with private firms.
Recent Kenyan history is littered with stories of huge contracts that have resulted (...)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pushed for a tangible and immediate improvement in relations between Turkey and the European Union during a meeting with Ursula von der Leyen that was focused on Syria's transition of power and the fate of (...)
Georgia and Turkey on Tuesday received stinging report cards from European Union ministers over their accession process, while Ukraine and Moldova mostly got gold stars.
In enlargement conclusions released as they were meeting in Brussels, EU (...)
RIYADH — The opening day of the International MICE Summit (IMS24) witnessed the signing of 19 agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) that are aimed to reshape the future of the global exhibitions and conventions sector, and make the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia claimed first place at the 2024 World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth (WAICY), outperforming 129 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Greece, Canada, and Singapore.
The (...)
A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.
Austria's caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and (...)
A man wanted over one of Australia's most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy.
Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, were stabbed to death in their (...)
RIYADH — Minister of Health Fahd Al-Jalajel has embarked on an official visit to Greece, where he is scheduled to meet Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis and leaders of the pharmaceutical industry.
The visit includes tours of Greek (...)
Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, has proposed to formally suspend political dialogue with Israel over the country's alleged violations of human rights and international law in the Gaza Strip.
Borrell's proposal was first (...)
ATHENS — The Royal Saudi Naval Forces, alongside forces from Egypt, France and Cyprus, took part in a joint naval and air exercise in Greece, titled 'Medusa 13', which has just concluded. Rear Admiral Mansour Al-Juaid, Commander of the Western (...)
Albania will open its first chapter of accession talks with the European Union on Tuesday in Luxembourg, as it aims to make headway in its decade-long bid to join the 27-country bloc.
Tuesday's accession conference will be the second held between (...)
RIYADH — The Saudi Naval Forces are taking part in the joint naval-air exercise titled "Medusa 13" in Greece, along with forces from the host country, as well as from Egypt, France and Cyprus.
The exercise Commander Col. Fahd Al-Otaibi, the Saudi (...)
