30 h. ago Huge 6.4 earthquake rocks entire country as locals fear tsunami warning

The tremor hit at around 7pm local time (12 noon UK time) on Wednesday and was felt as far away as the country's capital, 124 miles away from the epicentre of the quake

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31 h. ago Is it safe to travel to LA as protests and looting erupts across US city?

Tear gas and rubber bullets have been used by police, while projectiles have been thrown back by protestors as demonstrations turned violent

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3 d. ago Is it safe to travel to LA? Your rights as immigration protests erupt across city

Tear gas and rubber bullets have been used by police, while projectiles have been thrown back by protestors as demonstrations turned violent

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5 d. ago Lebanon aims to bring tourists back to its beaches as travel bans finally lift

The World Bank says poverty nearly tripled in Lebanon over the past decade

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9 d. ago Is it safe to travel to Turkey or Rhodes after major earthquake injures dozens?

The latest travel advice after tremors rock Marmaris, Mugla and Rhodes

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1 week ago Is it safe to travel to Sicily? Mount Etna volcano erupts after months of calm

Hundreds of flights to the popular holiday destination have been cancelled or delayed

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1 week ago Is it safe to travel to Sicily? Your rights as Mount Etna eruption threatens disruption

The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Toulouse has issued a red aviation warning after Mount Etna’s eruption

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2 w. ago France tops list of destinations Brits travel to without travel insurance

The new Post Office travel study revealed the top reason for risking travel without insurance is feeling that the destination was safe (25 percent).

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2 w. ago Tourists shun country after mystic who 'predicted tsunami' warns of new threat

Ryo Tatsuki, who published 'The Future I Saw' in 1999. It warned of a major disaster in March 2011 - a date that indeed coincided with a huge earthquake in Japan that caused a devastating tsunami

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2 w. ago Is it safe to travel to Greece, Turkey, Italy and France after countries put on 'high alert'?

Recent seismic activity near Crete has set off a chain of emergency responses

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3 w. ago Cat 'senses' huge earthquake in dramatic CCTV footage as tsunami warning issued

The tabby cat was minding its own business when its feline senses appeared to kick in and force the animal to take drastic action for its own safety

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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 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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