Greece

Sakis Mitrolidis/AFP via Getty Images (ATHENS, Greece) — As firefighters battle wildfires raging across swathes of Greece that have killed at least 20 people, authorities warned that “arsonist scum” are trying to ignite new blazes. There were nine arson attempts within a period of four hours on Thursday morning in the Avlona area in the […]

SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 36 people were killed and more than 80 others injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in northern Greece late Tuesday, officials said. The crash occurred shortly before midnight in the town of Tempi along the Athens-Thessaloniki route at […]