Greek island News

A powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the Greek island of Kasos early Wednesday, shaking parts of Crete, Israel, Egypt, and Turkey. No major damage reported. Authorities monitor aftershocks in the seismically active Hellenic Arc.

The flames engulfed homes in five villages but the full extent of the damage was not immediately known.

Earthquake hit on Friday afternoon and toppled buildings in Izmir which is Turkey's third-largest city It also triggered a small tsunami in the district of Seferihisar and on Samos. The quake was followed by hundreds of aftershocks.

At least seven people, including two children, drowned when a boat carrying migrants to a Greek island sank off Turkey's Aegean coast.

In Kos, the quake damaged the island's main port, leading to ferry services being temporarily suspended. Churches, an old mosque, the port's 14th-century castle and old buildings in the town also suffered, and archaeologists and experts from Greece's Culture Ministry were on the island Saturday to examine the damage.

A powerful earthquake struck Greek islands early morning Friday, damaging buildings and a port, killing at least two people and causing more than 100 injuries, authorities said.

The EU warned Turkey on Wednesday that "backsliding" on rights after a coup attempt was putting its membership bid at risk and urged Ankara to decide whether or not to commit.

Pope Francis spoke emotionally today of his meeting a day earlier with migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos, which culminated with him taking three Syrian families back to the Vatican.

Pope Francis on Saturday arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos for a high-profile visit to put pressure on a controversial EU deal with Turkey to tackle an unprecedented refugee crisis.

The head of the UN refugee agency said Monday he will be scrutinizing for possible breaches of international law the rollout of a controversial EU-Turkey deal to stem migrant flows into Europe through Greece.

Eleven other migrants were drowned off Izmir`s Dikili coast in another capsizing. Three migrants were rescued.

At least 33 people drowned after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast.

A migrant woman and a child drowned off the Greek island of Lesbos after their boat sank, police said on Wednesday, adding 45 other passengers had been rescued.