The Imam of Florence, Izzeddin Elzir, has stirred a controversy after he shared an image on Facebook of habit-wearing nuns on the beach, only to find his Facebook account blocked the next day.
TRIPOLI: The bodies of at least 117 migrants trying to reach Europe, many of them women, have washed up on a beach in the Libyan town of Zwara, the Red Crescent said Friday.
MOGADISHU: At least 17 people were killed in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when five Islamist gunmen set off bombs and stormed a popular beach-front restaurant late on Thursday, Somali police said.
TRIPOLI: The bodies of 29 people thought to be migrants have been discovered on beaches around a city 160 kilometres (100 miles) east of Tripoli, the Red Crescent said.
KARACHI: The Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) has cautioned the beach-goers in Karachi about Blue Bottle jellyfish, which are spotted in large numbers on the beach this year.
NICE: King Salman of Saudi Arabia arrives in France on Saturday for a Riviera holiday, with the closure of the beach in front of his villa incensing local residents.
KARACHI: The rescue officials pulled out another two bodies off the Karachi’s Sea View at Clifton, taking the death toll of those drowned to 38, ARY News reported Friday.