An increase of 469% has been registered in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the same period last year, in the number of refugees and migrants crossing into the country through the Greek-Turkish sea border.

In his latest piece on Greece, noted economic analyst Edward Hugh wonders if the IMF and the EU at loggerheads over Greece?

Islamic State militants may have already killed up to 500 people, both Iraqi civilians and soldiers, and forced 8,000 to flee homes as they captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said Monday, while the government-backed Shiite militias vowed to mount a counter-offensive and reclaim the Anbar provincial capital.