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Foreign Minister warns Turkey over maritime deal with Egypt: ‘Maritime zones are not up for auction’
Greece will not tolerate unlawful actions in maritime zones, the foreign minister said after meeting UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York, amid reports of Turkish efforts to reach a maritime delimitation agreement with Egypt
France records first human case of Shamonda virus as patient dies
The virus, which primarily affects cattle and is transmitted by biting midges, was detected in a severely immunocompromised patient in Lyon – French authorities say there is currently no indication of a risk to the general public
UN urged to replace world map accused of shrinking Africa
Togo is leading a campaign, backed by the African Union, urging the United Nations to adopt the Equal Earth projection over the centuries-old Mercator map, which depicts the African continent as barely larger than Greenland
Turkey and Israel’s rivalry raises fears of a dangerous miscalculation in Syria
Israel's bombing of a Syrian airbase near the Turkish border signals its refusal to tolerate Ankara's military presence in Syria, as tension between the two US allies deepens over air defence, energy corridors and influence
Fears that more than 50 migrants may have died after a boat capsized in Libya
The vessel was reportedly carrying more than 60 people from several sub-Saharan African countries
Meeting at EODY following ECDC mobilization over Ebola outbreak in Africa
The ECDC has already decided, among other measures, to send experts to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support efforts to respond to the virus outbreak in the country
Concern about the increase in recorded rapes in Germany
What is, systematically avoided to be mentioned by the authorities, is the statistically undeniable connection between the introduction in German society through mostly illegal immigration, of people from cultures with no respect for women's rights as they are perceived in the western world
