UNESCO has officially added the Minoan palace centers of Crete to its World Heritage List, recognizing their global cultural ...

Firefighters struggled to gain control over a massive wildfire burning on the Greek island of Crete, as powerful winds fanned ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government said Wednesday it is temporarily suspending asylum applications for migrants ...

Authorities in Greece say more than 1,200 migrants have been detained on the island of Crete and the nearby islet of Gavdos ...

Rome and Athens have identified Turkish and Russian involvement in a growing security threat from North Africa.

Greece has rescued hundreds of migrants off its southern islands of Gavdos and Crete in five separate incidents since Friday, ...

A Greek official says it is a "very difficult situation" as the wildfire sees clouds of ash fills the sky over southern Crete ...

Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to ...

Greece intercepts over 500 migrants near Crete, taking emergency actions due to rising Mediterranean crossings from Libya.

Libya filed a diplomatic note with the UN challenging Greece’s hydrocarbon exploration zones near Crete, prompting a response ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Gale force wind gusts complicated efforts on Friday to contain wildfires on Crete that have razed forests ...

BEIJING, May 22 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 jolted Crete, Greece at 0319 GMT on Thursday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said.