TRIPOLI: At least 97 migrants went missing after their boat sank Thursday off the Libyan coast, a navy spokesman said.
Survivors said those missing include...
CAIRO: A boat carrying migrants capsized Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Egypt's north coast, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation in which another 150 were rescued, officials said.
THE HAGUE: Amsterdam's iconic canals may soon see the world's first driverless boats, doing everything from moving people and goods to providing "pop-up" bridges and cleaning up thousands of dumped bicycles, the project's scientists said.
CAIRO: A Pakistani drowned and three others were missing on Wednesday after a pleasure boat sank on the Nile in Cairo, an Egyptian security official said.
A baffling video is going rounds on the internet, showing sudden disappearance of a woman into mid-air as she rides on a small speedboat in the middle of the ocean.
ROME: A large wooden fishing boat overcrowded with migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, the Italian navy said on Wednesday, with some 562 people rescued and five found dead.
ANKARA: Almost 40 people drowned and 75 were rescued after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off Turkey's western coast on Saturday, according to local officials and the Turkish Dogan news agency.
ATHENS: At least 44 people including 20 children have died after their boats sank on their way from Turkey to Greece on Friday, with dozens of other migrants reported missing, coastguard officials in Greece and Turkey said.
VANCOUVER: Five people have been confirmed dead and one missing after a whale-watching vessel carrying 27 sank off Canada's Pacific coast near Vancouver Island, coastguards said Sunday.
ANKARA: Seventeen Syrian refugees including five children drowned Sunday when their boat sank in Turkish waters on its way to Greece, local media reported.
KUALA LUMPUR: An overloaded wooden boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants sank off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least 14 people, among them 13 women, maritime officials said.
SKOPJE: At least 14 immigrants from Somalia and Afghanistan were killed in central Macedonia when they were hit by an international passenger train, officials said on Friday.
CALIFORNIA: A man was injured on Sunday after he was pulled into the water by a sea lion that jumped from the water at a San Diego marina and grabbed a fish he was holding, authorities said.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has sent a jumbo jet and a naval frigate to evacuate its citizens and diplomatic staff stranded in war-torn Yemen, as Saudi-led air strikes hammered Shiite Huthi rebel targets, officials said Sunday.
SYDNEY: Australia returned four Sri Lankan asylum-seekers approaching the nation's waters by boat, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said Thursday, three weeks after the government secured a major legal victory for its tough immigration policy.
ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif has stated that Pakistan's desire for peace should not be misconstrued as its weakness, ARY News reported.
DHAKA: An overloaded fishing trawler carrying migrants to Malaysia sank in strong currents off the coast of Bangladesh Thursday with tens of passengers missing, in the country's latest maritime accident, officials said.