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Near Misses Show Problems in Greek Railways a Year After Tempe Disaster

The Greek railways safety issue surfaced once again when a suburban train in Athens ran a red light on Saturday, putting hundreds of passengers in danger a year after the Tempe disaster. In addition to Saturday's near miss, railway authorities...

Biden-Trump Rematch Is Official as They Clinch Nominations

US President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump have both passed the delegate thresholds to clinch their parties' nominations for the election in November. Both Biden and Trump won primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington state on Tuesday....

Humanitarian Aid Ship From Cyprus to Gaza Waiting to Sail

A ship loaded with tons of food for Gaza remained docked in a Cyprus port on Sunday as preparations unfolded for the launch of a yet untested maritime aid route to the enclave. The European Union, United States, United Arab...

Will Turkey’s Enormous Istanbul Canal Project Move Ahead?

An ambitious "Suez Canal" project in Turkey, spearheaded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and known as the Istanbul Canal, aims to transform the city into a global trade hub, with an estimated cost of $9.2 billion. In 2021, the Turkish...

President Biden Blasts Donald Trump in State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden delivered a fiery State of the Union address on Thursday, taking repeated swipes at Donald Trump -without mentioning him by name -and covering the broad themes of his re-election campaign. Biden used the term "my predecessor" to...

Sweden Officially Becomes a Member of NATO

Sweden, a historically neutral country, has officially become the thirty-second member of NATO and the second country to join the Western military alliance since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Stockholm's ratification process was finally completed in Washington today, on...

‘No One Will Intimidate Us’ Mitsotakis Says After Missile Scare in Ukraine

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a message of support to Ukraine a day after the Russian attack in Odessa, close to where the prime minister and the Greek delegation were, before the meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. "No one will intimidate...

Russian Missiles Hit Odessa, Ukraine as Greek PM Mitsotakis Visits

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his advisors were met by Russian missiles as they arrived in Odessa, Ukraine for an official visit. Mitsotakis was about to meet the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky when an explosion hit the...

Biden and Trump Head for a Rematch after Super Tuesday Wins

President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have swept the state primaries that were held on Super Tuesday making a White House rematch between them even more likely. With voting now closed across the US, Biden is believed to have won...

Greece Probes Data Leak of Diaspora Voter Email Addresses

Greece’s Interior Ministry said it will conduct an internal inquiry on the suspected data leak of the Diaspora voter e-mail addresses by a Greek MEP. It will seek to determine whether privacy laws were breached that let Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou send...

Trump Can Remain in Ballot, US Supreme Court Rules

The US Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado's primary ballot last year, which means the path is clear for the businessman to appear on the ballot in all fifty states. The unanimous decision of...

Petition to Lift Immunity of Politicians in Greece Gets More than 1.2 Million Signatures

A petition launched in Greece to lift the immunity of politicians from prosecution following last year's Tempe rail disaster has gathered more than 1.2 million signatures. The petition was initiated by Maria Karystianou, the mother of Marthi, a 20-year-old girl...

US Senate Approves F-16 Sale to Turkey

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted 13-79 against a resolution that would have blocked a $23 billion F-16 sale to Turkey that the Biden administration approved last month. Turkey has sought to lock down the sale, which includes 40 new...

Supreme Court Will Rule on Trump Immunity Claims

The Supreme Court will decide if former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election. The 6-3 conservative majority court decided on Wednesday to hear Trump's claims that he should be shielded...