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Over 40 killed when Lake Victoria ferry capsizes and sinks: Tanzania
More than 40 people died on Thursday when a ferry capsized in the south of Victoria, Africa's largest lake, a Tanzanian government spokesman said. "According to reports that President John Magufuli has just received from the authorities in Mwanza, the toll now stands at more ...
Migrant rescue ship Aquarius was seeking a safe haven for 11 migrants it saved off Libya Thursday, after refusing to return them to the North African country, aid groups MSF and SOS Mediterranee said. The vessel moved in to save 10 men and an unaccompanied ...
At least 27 drown as overloaded riverboat capsizes in Congo; owner flees
At least 27 people drowned when an overloaded riverboat capsized in northern Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said Wednesday. The incident happened late on Monday night when the roof of the boat, which was overloaded with merchandise, caved in, causing the vessel to ...
Search on after German pop star apparently leaps from cruise liner off Labrador
Search and rescue workers were actively seeking Sunday a German pop star who went missing while on a cruise off Canada's coast, the Royal Canadian Navy said. The 33-year-old pop singer, Daniel Kueblboeck, was believed to have jumped off the AIDAluna cruise ship about 200 ...
Migrants and asylum-seekers rescued while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe should not be sent back to Libya, where they risk "serious abuses," the U.N.'s human rights agency has warned. In an update to its official position on returns to Libya, the UNHCR warned ...
Even as the number of migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean to Europe has fallen sharply, the likelihood of dying during the dangerous voyage has risen significantly, the U.N. said Monday. Between January and July, more than 58,000 asylum seekers and migrants reached Europe's shores ...
Four people are missing after two boats crashed and sank on the Colorado River, ejecting more than a dozen people who were on board, authorities said Sunday. A recreational boat carrying 10 people and another vessel with six people on board collided head-on Saturday night ...
Refugee trips across Mediterranean fall but risks surging: U.N. agency
The U.N. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya's coast guard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the likelihood that those on board may die during the Mediterranean journeys. That's one of ...
Italy to push EU to rotate ports for migrant arrivals, with focus on France and Spain
Rome will on Thursday ask the European Union to rotate the ports where migrants rescued at sea disembark, Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta said, with France and Spain expected to top the list. Trenta will put the plan to her European counterparts during an informal meeting ...
Italy hard-liner Matteo Salvini resists pressure to let migrants disembark
Italian far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday resisted increasing pressure to allow 177 migrants who have been held on a coast guard ship in a Sicilian port for two days to disembark. A public backlash against the seaborne newcomers helped put Salvini and his ...
Tanker missing a week in pirate-infested waters off Gabon with 17 Georgian sailors aboard
A tanker with 17 Georgian sailors onboard has been missing for a week off the coast of Gabon in the Gulf of Guinea, a notorious area for sea piracy, officials said Tuesday. The ship "disappeared" from tracking screens on Aug. 14, and the potential search ...
Italy allows its ship with 177 rescued migrants to dock, ends standoff with Malta
Italy will let its coast guard ship carrying 177 migrants it rescued five days ago dock in Sicily, ending a standoff with Malta, its transport minister said on Monday, though it was not clear when and if the migrants would be allowed to disembark. The ...
