A makeshift time-bomb lightly injured two security staff at a large shopping centre near Athens on Sunday, in escalating political violence in the crisis-hit country. The blast followed gun and bomb attacks
Hundreds of demonstrators on Saturday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face
The Central Bank of Cyprus said on Saturday that consultations on defining a bailout sum for its Greece-exposed banks were still in progress, effectively overshooting a deadline to decide how much aid
Cypriot tennis ace Marcos Baghdatis’ Australian Open singles campaign came to an end on Friday night in Melbourne when he was beaten by World No. 4 David Ferrer, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3, in
Eleven candidates officially submitted their nominations in total on Friday at the official nomination process for the forthcoming February 17 Presidential elections. For the first time in the history of Presidential elections
Turkish journalist Mehmet Ali Birand, whose documentaries and books helped shape many Turks' understanding of their recent tumultuous history, died in Istanbul late on Thursday. Birand suffered cardiac arrest due to complications
Severe floods in Jakarta eased on Friday, a day after unusually heavy monsoon rains swamped parts of the Indonesian capital in waist-deep water and left more than 18,000 people homeless. However, authorities
Two U.S. fighter jets were scrambled on Thursday to escort a commercial airliner to Seattle after the FBI received an anonymous tip, apparently unfounded, that a hijacker was aboard, officials said. The
Nicolas Papadopoulos submitted today his resignation from his position as Vice-president of the centre-right Democratic Party (DIKO). Papadopoulos said in a written statement that his resignation constitutes a political act of expressing
Russia says it is working hard to firm up plans for a new round of talks between global powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme, which the West suspects is aimed at
