A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete early this morning, Thursday 22 May. The tremor was felt across several Aegean islands, areas of mainland Greece, Turkey ...

During the Battle of Crete in May 1941, New Zealand Sergeant Alfred Clive Hulme became one of the campaign’s most unusual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The town Sitia on the island of Crete. An earthquake struck near the island of Kasos near eastern Crete on Wednesday (Getty/iStock ...

The Greek island of Crete was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The undersea earthquake occurred around midday on the island and was followed by aftershock earthquakes of 4.1 magnitude and ...

Police on the Greek island of Crete have arrested a 37-year-old Palestinian man on suspicion of planning “terrorist” attacks and belonging to the militant group Hamas ...

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ATHENS — Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza protested the arrival of an Israeli cruise ship on another Greek island Tuesday — the third such protest on Greek islands in the last week.

Greece’s largest and most populous island, Crete, is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission. The two identical Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites carry radar instruments, ...