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A total of 130 irregular migrants pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek forces were rescued on Saturday by the Turkish Coast Guard off the coasts of western...

Human rights groups, on Thursday, underlined the need for an "independent and impartial investigation" into a migrant shipwreck off the coast of Greece in June that left more than...

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 41 irregular migrants yesterday off the coast of the province of Izmir, in the west of the country. The Coast Guard Command said in...

Security forces in eastern Libya have freed almost 400 Pakistani migrants who were detained in smugglers' warehouses, as human traffickers continue to run their operations in and from the...

The former deputy prime minister of Turkiye has said that the closure of Turkish minority schools in Western Thrace by Greece is a violation of historical agreements that guarantee...

Greece and Cyprus, on Monday, welcomed moves by Turkiye to boost relations with the European Union, but said rapprochement should be gradual and not unconditional, Reuters reports. European Union...

The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 45 irregular migrants in the Aegean Sea on Monday. The migrants, from Afghanistan, were pushed back illegally into Turkish territorial waters by the Greek...

The EU's watchdog said, Wednesday, that it had opened a probe in the role of the bloc's Border Agency, Frontex, in last month's capsizing of a migrant boat off...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country will not hesitate to do what is needed to achieve lasting and just peace on the island of Cyprus. In...

Turkiye is ready to do whatever it can to help Greece fight back its wildfires, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. "We sent two amphibious...

Ending the Black Sea grain deal as announced this week would hit hard in numerous ways, warned Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, adding that Turkiye is already working to...

A sixty-five-year-old Irish activist, who set off to Palestine from Calais to raise awareness about the plight of refugees and human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, reached the...

The Turkish Coast Guard in the province of Izmir has rescued 26 irregular migrants from almost certain death by drowning after the Greek authorities forced them to return to...

Greece and Turkiye agreed, on Wednesday, to resume talks and confidence-building measures as they hailed a new "positive climate" in ties, after more than a year of tensions between...

A new investigation by the Guardian and others has found that attempts by the Greek coastguard in June to tow a boat carrying roughly 750 refugees which capsized leaving only 104 survivors may...

Greece should not be burdened with the task of managing migration for the European Union, or be accused of not saving people at sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said...

Greece has scaled up its naval defences to catch up with Turkiye's naval warfare capabilities, Anadolu news agency reported citing Greek media outlets. According to Greek sites specialised in armament and...

Pope Francis said on Saturday that it was a "shame" that irregular migrants trying to reach Europe for a safe and better life were dying at sea, reports Anadolu...

A police car chase in central Greece turned deadly for an alleged car thief, as reported Saturday by police, reports Anadolu Agency. A 20-year-old car-thief of Syrian nationality, who...

Since Matloob Hussain from Pakistan went missing during a deadly shipwreck off Greece last month, his brother, Adil, has left the door of his Athens home open in the...

EU lawmakers today urged Greece and the European Commission to launch an international and independent probe into last month's deadly migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Greece. The European Parliament's...

Israel is advancing plans with Greece and Cyprus to build the world's longest undersea electric cable which will connect European and Gulf countries through Jordan and Egypt. The project...

Pakistan's top judge called last month's sinking of a migrant boat off Greece, in which hundreds of Pakistanis reportedly died, a "human rights issue", Anadolu Agency reports. Hearing a...

Pakistan has decided to charge the suspected human traffickers involved in last month's shipwreck off the coast of Greece under the country's anti-money laundering law, an official statement said...

A UN refugee agency official called on the EU to firmly place safety and solidarity at the forefront of their actions in the wake of the June 14 shipwreck...

Survivors of a boat disaster that likely killed hundreds of migrants near Greece have given accounts of traffickers in North Africa cramming them into a clapped-out fishing trawler. They...

Israel is in talks with the Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus on selling its Merkava tanks, Israeli media reported. "A security source revealed that Israel is planning on...

Senior officials from Turkiye and the US discussed the Russia-Ukraine war, recent elections in Greece and the situation in Syria in a phone call Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Turkish Presidential...

Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan, and Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will meet on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Vilnius next month, Mitsotakis' office said on Monday, a...

Israel continues its policy of Judaising the occupied city of Jerusalem where it targets Islamic and Christian holy sites. It is trying to change the historical mark of Jerusalem...

A boat has capsized between Tunisia and Italy and 37 people including a newborn baby are missing, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The survivors are from...

British authorities have arrested a man suspected of organising the smuggling of thousands of migrants and refugees across the Mediterranean Sea, potentially leading to the deaths of many hundreds....