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Gaza aid flotilla set to head east from Greece despite Israeli warnings

The Global Sumud Flotilla sails from Greece towards Gaza, defying Israel’s blockade. Activists, including Greta Thunberg, face rising tensions and Israeli opposition.

Greta Thunberg gestures next to a Palestinian flag on a ship, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, as they sail off Crete island, Greece, September 25, 2025.
A Christian cross discovered on an island in Abu Dhabi.

Greek authorities arrest abbot alleged to have been trafficking church relics

A screenshot from a drone video shows people lighting flares at the port of Ermoupolis during the departure of two sailing boats, Electra and Oxygen, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, on Syros island, Greece, September 14, 2025.

Gaza-bound flotilla grows to 40 vessels after joining Sicilian group

Protesters hold a banner during a pro-Palestinian protest in front of the parliament building in Athens, Greece.

Greek activists wave anti-Israel 'Free Palestine' banners at Athens Acropolis


Sparta and Athens: History's wartime lessons for a modern-day Israel - analysis

As Netanyahu evokes "super-Sparta," Israel may be repeating the mistakes that left both city-states devastated after decades of war.

Repulse of Pyrrhus from Sparta', 1890. Pyrrhus, in retreat at the Siege of Sparta, 272 BC from Spartans defending their city under command of Areus I. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier.

Iran's global scope of terror: Tehran's international crime network exposed

Iran's criminal networks operate differently from traditional terror cells, complicating conventional counterterrorism approaches and creating unprecedented vulnerability globally.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's top advisor on international affairs, attends a conference under "The World Federation of Resistance scholars" on subject "resistance to liberate, terrorism to destroy

Anti-Israel activists call for Greek police to probe beaten, arrested Israeli for war crimes

Anti-Israel activists are urging Greek authorities to investigate an Israeli tourist, linked to the Golani Brigade, for potential war crimes after a clash with Palestinian protesters in Athens.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Gaza-bound Flotilla reaches Italian island, 2,000 km. from Gaza

The Gaza-bound flotilla regroups off Pantelleria, plotting its next move as it sails more than 1,000 miles toward its destination.

A screenshot from a drone video shows people gathering at the port of Ermoupolis during the departure of two sailing boats, Electra and Oxygen, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, on Syros island, Greece, September 14, 2025.

Five charged after Israeli, Palestinian injured in Athens clash

An Israeli man was hurt in a clash with three Palestinians at Athens’ Syntagma Square. The incident comes amid rising anti-Israel protests and attacks targeting Israelis in Greece.

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Strong earthquake strikes Evia island, felt in Athens

The quake was allegedly of magnitude 5.2, and was felt in the Greek capital.

 Athens

Deadly 1956 Aegean earthquake revisited: new study unpacks Greece’s largest 20th-century tsunami

Geophysical Research Letters analysis shows both fault rupture and submarine landslides contributed to the disaster.

Kokkari, a fishing village on Samos island, Greece.

Ancient human skull discovered in Greece rewrites human evolutionary timeline

Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era.

The reconstructed skull of a man who died 12,000 years ago in what is now Vietnam.

Greece as a regulatory test case: What Athens can teach Israel, Cyprus, and beyond

Online Gambling.

SK Group becomes sole owner of ELVO, plans to expand global defense manufacturing

SK Group had previously been a shareholder in the Thessaloniki-based ELVO, but recently acquired all remaining shares.

ELVO factory.

Greek FM condemns ad for anti-Israel protests on its official embassy in Luxembourg social media

The ministry's spokesman emphasized that the content of the post "does not represent the official position of our country," in a statement on Tuesday.

Pro-Palestinian protesters shout slogans at Syntagma Square during a protest, part of demonstrations taking place across Greece, in Athens, August 10, 2025.