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When we think of public speaking, we generally think of prepared remarks to a group of people — acceptance speeches, wedding toasts, work presentations, group discussions. But 2,400 years ago, Aristotle, the world’s greatest authority on the subject, described it a little differently. In public or private, he taught, we speak for one reason: to persuade. That can be challenging,…

Greek authorities say a bust of the ancient god Hermes has been discovered in good condition in central Athens during sewage work.

Naguib Sawiris leveled strong criticism at Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing the leader of making a “very big mess” in the Middle East.

Anyone moving to Greece in 2021 won’t have to pay income tax on half of their salary for seven years, the latest effort to make the country more attractive to foreign investors.

The death toll from a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea that struck Turkey and Greece has grown at at least 75

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos killed 19 people and injured more than 700 amid collapsed buildings and flooding

A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea caused widespread damage in Turkey’s western Izmir province. According to the Turkish health minister, at least 14 people died and at least 400 were injured.

Authorities are striving to find shelter for thousands of refugees and migrants on the Greek island of Lesbos after fires destroyed the squalid and overcrowded Moria camp that for years symbolized Europe’s biggest migration policy failings

Fire has again struck Greece’s notoriously overcrowded refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, a day after a blaze swept through the camp and left thousands in need of emergency shelter

The Olympic flame for the 2020 summer games in Tokyo was lit during a ceremony in Olympia, Greece, on Thursday. No spectators were in attendance out of concerns over the coronavirus.

European Union foreign ministers are criticizing what they say is Turkey’s use of migrants for political ends

Thousands of migrants and refugees have massed at Turkey’s western frontier

The kitten lay on the ground so perfectly still that passing volunteer rescuers had initially written her off as just another of the many victims — human and animal — of this week’s ferocious wildfires near Athens. But then came a hint of life — the frail feline began crying out and slowly moving her tiny body, singed by heat...

For the first time, a woman has been chosen to launch the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Games at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics in Greece.

A Greek court has postponed the retrial of seven suspects on murder charges over the 2017 fatal beating of a Texan tourist on an island resort. It is to allow a lawyer newly hired by the victim’s family to familiarize himself with the case. The court on Wednesday postponed the case until Jan. 13. Six of the men, five Serbian...

Tom Hanks may officially consider himself Greek. Greece’s president has signed an honorary naturalization order allowing the 63-year-old actor to claim Greek citizenship.

When no Americans replied to her ads seeking a dance instructor, studio owner Chris Sabourin looked overseas. But she was stymied again by a federal tightening of visa application rules she and others contend is hampering the ballroom dance industry. Sabourin had to eventually give up after a year and thousands of dollars trying to hire a top ballroom dancer...

Nkeze wasn’t home when Cameroonian militants came knocking, probably to deliver their signature ultimatum to join their separatist movement or have his writing arm cut off. The 24-year-old economics student escaped to Douala, the country’s largest city, only to learn that the government wanted to arrest him for participating in a university protest. He then flew to Ecuador and traveled...

Starting Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will increase inspections on imported tomato and pepper fruit entering all U.S. ports of entry, including at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in south San Diego County.

An American citizen suspected of being an Islamic State group member was deported to the U.S. on Friday after spending five days in no man’s land between Turkey and Greece, the Turkish interior minister said. Suleyman Soylu said the suspect — identified by local media as 39-year-old Muhammad Darwis B. — had been put on a plane to the U.S....