A senior commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned of intensified missile strikes on Cyprus, claiming the United States has significantly expanded its military footprint on the island.
Britain is not at war, the government said Monday, despite saying it would allow the US to use British bases during its war with Iran and after a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus was struck by an Iranian-made drone.
Director Giorgos Tzavellas is seen with actress Zinet Lakaz, who starred alongside Kleon Triantafyllou, the celebrated Greek composer who went by the name Attik, during filming of the 1943 drama “Applause.”
Greece is not just following developments, but is emerging as a protagonist, says Mike Parra, CEO of DHL Express Europe.
A medal awarded at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens smashed auction estimates, selling for about four times its expected high price at a Danish auction house on Sunday.
Hundreds of Iranians crossed the border into Turkey on Monday afternoon as the US-Israeli war against Iran expanded, a Reuters witness said, with those arriving speaking of fear in Tehran and queues at petrol stations.
A suspicious package reported outside the Russian Embassy in Athens on Monday afternoon was ultimately determined to be a false alarm, authorities said.
A drone strike hit a British air base in Cyprus overnight, causing limited damage and no casualties, Cypriot and British officials said on Monday, in a marked escalation effectively dragging an EU member state into the conflict surrounding Iran.
Turkey canceled all Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon flights until Friday over attacks in the region, while all planned flights to Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were canceled until Tuesday.
A man was charged Monday with allegedly murdering his pregnant girlfriend in their home in the Athens district of Kolonos.