Dimitris Koutsoumbas, head of the Communist Party of Greece, claimed Wednesday that two drones intercepted near Cypriot airspace were targeting the US naval base in Souda Bay on the island of Crete, a key American military facility in the eastern Mediterranean.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party has submitted to parliament a draft bill that would ban social media access for children younger than 15.
A group of 39 migrants has been located on the southern island of Crete after making the dangerous crossing from north Africa in a small boat and a South Sudanese teenager has been arrested for allegedly ferrying them across, authorities said Wednesday.
Organized crime squad officers have arrested a man on the southern island of Crete for possession of thousands of illegal flares, police said Wednesday.
Cyprus said a suspect object had been detected close to Lebanese airspace on Wednesday, and a government source said two Greek F-16 fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept it.
Iran finds itself in a particularly difficult position.
A ballistic missile fired from Iran and heading into Turkish airspace after passing Syria and Iraq was destroyed by NATO air and missile defense systems in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
The Council of Europe’s anti-torture body has again urged Greece to tackle chronic prison overcrowding, poor detention conditions and staff shortages, warning that some inmates are being held in conditions that could amount to “inhuman and degrading treatment.”
Cyprus said Wednesday a suspicious object has been detected near Lebanese airspace, prompting authorities to take “all appropriate measures.”
Two Greek F-16 fighter jets stationed in Cyprus took off Wednesday after a drone was spotted near Lebanese airspace around 9.30 a.m., potentially targeting the UK’s RAF Akrotiri base. It was not immediately clear whether the drone was intercepted or shot down.