9 d. ago Kidnapping fears prompt warning to tourists using dating apps in Mexico

Victims have been ‘extorted for large sums of money to secure their release’, said US security alert

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1 week ago Greece and Turkey earthquake updates: Hotels 'sway and shake' after massive 6.2 mag quake hits

Rhodes has been hit by a mega 6.2-scale earthquake this morning, with the tremor felt for miles. It comes after a huge quake hit Crete sparking a tsunami warning just two weeks ago

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1 week ago Tourists run in fear as Mount Etna erupts sending giant smoke cloud into air

Etna is the most active volcano in Europe but activity has grown over recent hours with continuous 'explosions of growing intensity'

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3 w. ago Every parent's worst nightmare: Fears naive young Brits partying in Thailand are being targeted by gangs and duped into becoming drug mules after two women are 'caught smuggling narcotics'

The arrests of two young British women alleged to have been illegal drugs from Thailand have stoked fears tourists are being targeted by gangs to work as drug mules.

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3 w. ago Tourists fear sinking European holiday destination will end up 'like Atlantis'

Europe is a popular tourist destination for many people around the globe, but one common travel destination is sinking, and people fear it will 'end up like Atlantis'

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake: Brit tourist shares 'unsettling' ordeal as tremor rocks Greek island

Claire Gibson, 49, revealed her 'unsettling' ordeal while on Crete during Thursday's terrifying 6.1 magnitude earthquake - the British mum tourist said she was woken up by the tremors

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3 w. ago Trump 'told Zelensky that Ukraine and Russia will need to reach a peace deal themselves' after his bombshell phone call with Putin in clearest sign yet he is ready to walk away from ceasefire talks

US president Donald Trump has reportedly told Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders they would have to find a solution to the invasion of Ukraine themselves. 

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake latest: Aftershocks continue after 6.1 quake with tourist sites still closed

Seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos said there would be additional aftershocks through the day, “but they are all harmless”

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3 w. ago Woman feared tsunami after waking up to earthquake on Crete holiday

Claire's phone sounded an earthquake alert as the whole room started shaking at their holiday hotel

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake mapped: Where the magnitude 6.1 quake was most intense

The earthquake was felt across islands in the Aegean sea on Thursday morning

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3 w. ago Moment cat 'sensed' Crete earthquake that sparked tsunami warning just seconds before

The footage was shared in the wake of a high-magnitude earthquake hitting the popular Greek holiday island of Crete, occurring just days after a similar seismic event hit the area

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3 w. ago Brits in Greece urged to activate phone setting after 6.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami warning

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete today, prompting a tsunami warning to be issued for several countries in the region.

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3 w. ago Is it safe to travel to Crete? What you need to know after earthquake sparks tsunami warning for Greek island

Authorities have said there has been little surface impact, and tsunamis are unlikely due to the earthquake’s depth

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3 w. ago Foreign Office warning to Greek holidaymakers after Crete earthquake

This is the second earthquake to rock Crete in the last week.

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake latest: 6.1 quake sparks tsunami alert as tourists told to move away from coast

Residents in eastern Crete say earthquake woke them in the early morning as their beds started shaking

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake: Tsunami warning issued and British tourists terrified as magnitude 6 quake hits islands in Greece

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) has issued a tsunami warning

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3 w. ago Moment magnitude 6 Crete earthquake violently shakes flour mill

CCTV captured the moment a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the northern coast of Crete, Greece, on Thursday morning (22 May).

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3 w. ago Earthquake hotspots across Europe as tsunami warning issued in Crete

Locals and holiday makers in Crete have been warned about the chance of a tsunami

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake: Tsunami warning issued after magnitude 6 quake hits islands in Greece

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) has issued a tsunami warning

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3 w. ago Crete earthquake latest: Tourists told to move away from coast after 6.1 quake sparks tsunami alert

Residents in eastern Crete say earthquake woke them in the early morning as their beds started shaking

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