Washed by the waters of the Sea of Crete and the Libyan Sea, the beaches on the island’s western coast are some of the finest ...

Firefighters were struggling Thursday to bring a major wildfire on Greece's southern island of Crete under control, hampered ...

A new note verbale submitted by Libya to the UN extends the country's maritime border claims to the Greek island of Crete.

Wind and dry conditions raise the risk that blazes might restart in areas of the island where they had already been contained ...

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

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

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

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

The blaze has been raging since Wednesday and fire crews say the conditions are creating new flare-ups, making containment ...

Blazes are burning in countries including Spain, Greece and Turkey in the wake of record-setting temperatures across much of ...

Greek authorities ordered thousands to evacuate from different parts of the southern island of Crete, one of the country's most popular tourist spots, where wildfires burned uncontrollably on ...

The blaze comes as southern Europe contends with an acute summer heatwave which has killed people in several countries.