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

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

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

A group of migrants arrived directly onto a beach in southern Crete amidst bewildered bathers, highlighting the escalating ...

Over 1,200 migrants have been detained on Crete and nearby Gavdos due to rising arrivals from Libya. Greece's foreign ...

According to Reuters, thousands were evacuated late last week as Crete endured gale force winds that exacerbated wildfires ...

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

Greece has been rescuing hundreds of migrants near islands like Gavdos and Crete amid rising arrivals from Libya. In response ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -Firefighters were battling a wildfire on the Greek island of Evia on Saturday which was burning forests and ...

A massive Greece wildfire on Crete, fueled by extreme heat and gale winds, has forced over 1,500 residents and tourists to ...

Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean.

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.