Conversion of non-Muslim places of worship into mosques

Two Israeli television news programs were briefly hacked, with images promoting Islam and a message suggesting a recent wave of fires was divine retribution shown in their place, reports said on Nov. 30.

The remonstration by the Greek Foreign Ministry regarding the seizure of Greek properties in Albania, lead to Albanian PM Edi Rama uploading an outrageous and unhistorical post on his Facebook page concerning Athens and its inhabitants.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Holy Fire from Jerusalem was on Monday welcomed for the second consecutive year by Christian Orthodox believers in the Church of St. Demetrius in Kosovska Mitrovica.

Back when he was in middle school in the early 1970s, his Ancient Greek teacher would often speak passionately about her experiences of traveling in Greece. When French Ambassador to Greece Christophe Chantepy took over his duties in the Greek capital, he referred to that memory.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Oct. 24 that Israel had agreed on steps to calm tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque, at the centre of Palestinian unrest, including 24-hour security cameras.

Greek Parliament may not have a special committee for the Friends of the Parthenon, but Australian lawmakers do! On Wednesday, Australian Opposition Leader Bill Shorten joined more than 60 Australian MPs and leaders of the New South Wales community to launch the Parliamentary Friends of the Parthenon group.

New clashes broke out on Sept. 28 morning between Israeli police and Palestinians at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, an AFP journalist said, with further trouble feared in the week ahead as Jews celebrate the Sukkot holiday.

Clashes broke out between masked Palestinians and Israeli security forces at Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Sept. 27, the last day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, police said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sept.16 announced a toughening of the penalties for stone throwers following a third day of clashes in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Saudi Arabia has opened an investigation into the causes for the accident in Mecca, in which  at least 107 people were killed when a construction crane crashed into the Grand Mosque, the BBC reported on Saturday.