News archive of September 2024

Greece to launch ‘Safe Youth’ app to combat rising teen violence

Greece will soon launch a new mobile app to support teenagers facing threats or violence outside school premises, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced during a cabinet meeting on Monday, in response to a recent surge in such incidents.

President denies request for release of minutes from crucial 2015 meeting

President Katerina Sakellaropoulou has rejected a request from the minor populist party Course of Freedom (Plefsi Eleftherias) to release the minutes of a crucial meeting of political party leaders held after Greeks voted by a large margin to reject the austerity terms of an aid package from international creditors in 2015.

Djokovic to face Michelsen or Bu in Shanghai second round

SHANGHAI - Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who is seeded in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, will face the winner of the tie between American Alex Michelsen and Chinese Yunchaokete Bu in the second round of the tournament.

Torrential rain lashes Marmara region

Torrential rains accompanied by thunderstorms battered the country's largest metropolis Istanbul, as well as the northwestern provinces of Kırklareli and Tekirdağ, wreaking havoc and disrupting daily life.

The Turkish State Meteorological Service had issued an alert for severe rainfall in the western part of the Marmara region beginning the evening of Sept. 29.

Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon Claims Life of Hamas Leader and Family

Hamas has confirmed that its leader in Lebanon, Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, was killed early this morning during an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. Reports indicate that the attack also resulted in the deaths of his wife and two children, as their home in a Palestinian refugee camp in the city of Tyre was struck.

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