1526: Battle of Mohács: In a decisive battle, the Kingdom of Hungary is conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent 1825: Portugal recognizes the independence of its former colony Brazil 1842: United Kingdom and China sign the Treaty of Nanking, ending the First Opium War 1862: Second Battle of Bull Run begins […]
American football fans never thought they would see the day – the head of the National Football League standing shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Trump has frequently traded blows with the NFL since he first became US president in 2017, but he and America’s most popular sports league have been […]
The Government has received the report from the US Department of Justice’s Federal ATF agency, which was invited to Cyprus by President Nikos Christodoulides in connection with the recent wildfire in the Limassol mountain area, according to an announcement from the Presidency.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, in a phone call Thursday that Ankara remains ready to mediate high-level negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
1189: Third Crusade: Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan 1207: King John of England grants small town of Liverpool a charter (right to elect a mayor and aldermen) 1609: English explorer Henry Hudson is the first European to sail into Delaware Bay, naming it South Bay 1830: The first American-built locomotive, […]
The European Commission considers an alleged Libyan coast guard shooting on the NGO boat Ocean Viking, which occurred on Sunday, a “worrying development”. This is one of several documented occasions on which the Libyan coast guard has apparently fired at rescue vessels from an EU-funded boat.
On Friday, 8 August 2025, the Cretan Association of Sydney and New South Wales held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Ashbury Senior Citizens’ Centre. Having completed his three-year term, outgoing President Emmanuel Vitetzakis expressed his gratitude to the Executive Committee, as well as to the members, volunteers, sponsors, and parents of the dancing […]
Archbishop of Sinai Damianos has called on Egyptian police to remove dissident monks who were expelled from Saint Catherine’s Monastery on Tuesday but remain outside the gates, attempting to re-enter. The situation remains tense and unresolved.
479 BC: Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Mycale is won by Greek forces over Persian naval troops on the Ionian coast 479 BC: Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Plataea, Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by a Greek army under Pausanias; a double victory with the success at Mycale that ends the Persian invasion 663: Battle […]
France is on the brink of another political crisis, after Prime Minister François Bayrou’s shock decision to submit his government to a vote of confidence in parliament. The chances of his winning the vote in a special session of the National Assembly on September 8 being extremely slim, the prime minister’s days in office look […]
