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Deal Is Reached To End Iran War and Trump Orders Stop to US Naval Blockade

iSLAMABAD (AP) — The United States and Iran have reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, offering relief to the global economy more than three months since fighting began. Full details of the deal were not immediately available. The signing will be Friday in Switzerland. U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed a deal had been reached and said he had authorized an end to the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz. “Congratulations to all!” he wrote on social media, without providing details. He added, “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” The U.S. previous... Read more

Greek Community of Leicester Offers Warm Welcome to Musicians from Lesbos

LEICESTER, UK – The island of Lesbos extended musical bridges into the heart of the United Kingdom, bringing the aromas of homeland and sounds of tradition. The Greek community of Leicester offered a warm welcome to Fr. Eustratios Giousmas and his three musical companions. “The idea for this event came from my Byzantine music teacher, Fr. Eustratios Giousmas, who has students in Leicester and was invited there for the third year in a row to chant. So, on the occasion of his presence there, it was agreed that after Sunday’s Divine Litu... more

Flash Mob Alert: Take Back Greece’s Beaches

Greeks famously resisted the Ottoman Occupation for 368 years before gaining their independence – with the invaluable aid of Great Britain, France and Russia – and kept their language and culture. The rebellion against the takeover of public beaches and government granting licenses for private businesses to occupy them – in violation of the Constitution – lasted less than a summer. Citizen activists, led by those on the island of Paros, in 2023 protested the unconstitutional takeover of the beaches – by the government and businesses ... more

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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited the island of Rhodes on June 13

RHODES – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced during his visit to Rhodes on June 13 that the South Aegean Region has been tasked with developing a master plan for the restoration, renovation, and redevelopment of the old hospital on the island. He also announced the 45 million euros in funding for the construction of a new hospital on the island of Kos and was briefed on the progress of plans to upgrade the tourist port of Rhodes. The Greek premier visited the old hospital complex, accompanied by Health Minister Adonis Georgia... more

Trump Warns Israel and Iran Not To ‘Blow It’ After New Strikes Threaten Emerging Ceasefire Deal

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged no further attacks by anyone after Israel's military said it launched strikes on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, potentially complicating efforts to finalize a deal to end the U.S.-Iran war. Smoke rose over the Lebanese capital, and the health ministry said three people were killed and 16 others wounded. Iran threatened a military response. Trump reacted on social media: “We are very close to a Deal that will bring peace to the region, including to Lebanon" and “Let’s not blow ... more

Feast of Apostle Barnabas Celebrated in Turkish-Occupied Cyprus

NICOSIA – The memory of the Founder and Patron Saint of the Church of Cyprus, Apostle Barnabas, was once again commemorated this year with due solemnity and ecclesiastical splendor at the Holy Royal and Stavropegial Monastery, near Ancient Salamis in Famagusta in Turkish-occupied Cyprus. According to an announcement by the monastery, the celebrations at the...

Glimmer of Hope on Cyprus Issue at the PSEKA Conference in Washington, DC

WASHINGTON, DC – Cyprus Government Spokesperson Konstantinos Letymbiotis, speaking at the annual PSEKA conference in Washington, DC, conveyed that Nicosia is not simply seeking just another meeting with the Turkish Cypriots but will go into it with “one goal” – that it becomes “the stepping stone” for announcing the resumption of negotiations for the reunification of Cyprus. He stressed that if there is corresponding political will from all parties, this goal is achievable.

Signatures June 8 For Agreement on Hosting French Forces in Cyprus; Tanks Upgrade on Hold

NICOSIA – A Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the Republic of Cyprus and France will be signed on June 8 in Nicosia by Cyprus’s Minister of Defense, Vasilis Palmas, and his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin, according to information obtained by the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). According to CNA sources, the two defense ministers will...

Erdogan Said To Have ‘Positive View’ Regarding Initiatives for New Cyprus Talks’

NICOSIA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly supports a “new initiative” by the United Nations to bringing a resumption of formal negotiations Cyprus problem, the CyprusMail reports. High-level sources have informed the Cyprus Mail that “Erdogan has expressed a positive view regarding the prospect of a ‘new initiative’, and that Turkey is willing to engage in negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem should it believe that there is the ‘requisite will’ for a solution on the part of the Greek Cypriot side.” Erdogan reportedly believes the lack of a solution to the Cyprus problem has “unduly cost Turkey through no fault of its own” according to CyprusMail, which adds: “in recent decades, particularly in light of the fact that Turkish governments led by Erdogan supported both the 2004 Annan plan referendum and the failed negotiations in 2017 at the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.”

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Pope Slams World’s Indifference to Migrants While Visiting Onetime ‘Dock of Shame’ in Canary Islands

ARGUINEGUÍN, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with indifference. Leo issued an impassioned plea to recognize the dignity of migrants from the port of Arguineguín, in the Canary Islands. In 2020, the port was dubbed “dock of shame” because of the squalid conditions migrants were forced to live in for months during a spike in arrivals. “Human ... more