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Tunisia sees European tourist numbers rebound decade after attack
AFP, Published on 03/09/2025
» SOUSSE — Ten years after a beach attack that killed 30 Britons and delivered a crippling blow to Tunisia's tourism industry, European holidaymakers are finally returning in what authorities hope will be record-breaking numbers.
Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» LAMPEDUSA (ITALY) - Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.
Heatwave across Mediterranean sparks fire warnings
AFP, Published on 27/06/2025
» PARIS - Southern European countries braced on Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and beyond, prompting health warnings for residents and tourists plus fears of wildfires.
South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to US
AFP, Published on 01/01/2025
» SEOUL - South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said Wednesday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.
Venice mourns after 21 killed in bus accident
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» VENICE - Flags flew at half-mast over Venice on Wednesday after 21 people including a toddler were killed when a bus careered off an overpass and caught fire.
21 killed after bus falls from Venice bridge and catches fire
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» VENICE - At least 21 people, including two children and foreigners, were killed Tuesday and several others wounded when a bus running on methane plunged off a bridge in Venice and caught fire.
Greek summer wildfires will burn over 150,000 hectares: PM
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» ATHENS - Devastating wildfires in Greece will ravage more than 150,000 hectares (370,600 acres) by the end of the summer, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis estimated Thursday, blaming the climate crisis for the disaster.
Greek islanders refuse to throw in the towel over sunloungers
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» ATHENS - Greek islanders are fed up this summer -- not with the holidaymakers that flock to their beaches but with the hawkers who cram the sands with sunloungers and parasols, to the point where it's sometimes impossible to get down to their own sea.
No water: Iraq drought claims lakeside resort
AFP, Published on 14/08/2023
» HABBANIYAH, Iraq - Iraqi merchant Mohamed has never seen such a grim tourist season: years of drought have shrunken the majestic Lake Habbaniyah, keeping away the holidaymakers who once flocked there during summer.
'Living a nightmare': Rhodes fire survivors recount escape
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» RHODES (GREECE) - When the church bell of his village on the Greek island of Rhodes furiously began ringing Monday to warn residents to flee the approaching flames, Giorgos Latos was sipping his morning coffee.