At least 16 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Greece
- 17-Mar-2018
ATHENS: At least 16 people, including six children, perished Saturday after a migrant boat capsized in the Aegean Sea, the deadliest disaster in the area since a controversial deal between the EU and Turkey to try to stem the flow of migrants two years ago. The boat was ferrying migrants from Turkey to Greece when […]
EU takes Panama, seven others off tax haven list
- 23-Jan-2018
BRUSSELS: The EU has removed eight countries including Panama from its new tax haven blacklist, after they pledged to address its concerns, in a move swiftly condemned by activists. The United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, Mongolia, Macau, Grenada and Barbados were also lifted from the list by finance ministers, in a move that comes just weeks […]
Iranian oil tanker burns, 32 missing after collision off China’s coast
- 07-Jan-2018
BEIJING: A tanker carrying Iranian oil and run by the country’s top oil shipping operator was ablaze and spewing cargo into the East China Sea on Sunday after colliding with a Chinese bulk ship, leaving its 32 crew members missing, the Chinese government said. Thick clouds of dark smoke could be seen billowing out of […]
Libyan coastguard rescues 300 off Tripoli: official
- 29-Aug-2017
TRIPOLI: Libya’s coastguard rescued more than 300 migrants on Tuesday at sea west of the capital Tripoli, a spokesman said. “Coastguards rescued early morning today 140 illegal migrants west of Tripoli and another group of 164 migrants were rescued off Sabratha including seven women and six children,” a spokesman for Libya’s naval forces told Reuters. […]
Suspected robbers in Bahalwalpur say police cut off their hands
- 02-Jun-2014
BAHAWALPUR: Police chopped off the left hands of two men accused of theft after they refused to confess to stealing electrical wire and mobile phones, the victims told Reuters on Monday. The two men, Ghulam Mustafa, 38, and Liaquat Ali, 42, said that police hacked off their hands with a large butcher’s knife on Friday. […]