Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Muslims had discovered the Americas three centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus, in a televised speech in Istanbul, addressing a summit of Muslim leaders from Latin America.

Bodyguards for children outside schools is now far from rare in Greece, as kidnapping cases have terrorized the country's rich and powerful, who are hiring experts to constantly have their eyes on the offspring of the largest business families.

Speaking at an Holocaust remeberance event to commemorate Greek Jews murdered Nazis, Greek Ambassador Spyridon Lampridis said that the crimes committed during the Second World War are still relevant today, notes the Jerusalem Post.

The alarm has been raised at the port of Piraeus, as it became known that Greek flagged cargo ship "Magda P" is expected this afternoon with a crew member reported to have symptoms of the Ebola virus.