Migrant boat sinks off Spain’s Canary Islands
Madrid CNN — Dozens of people are feared drowned after a migrant boat sank near Spain’s Canary Islands on Wednesday, according to Spanish officials and aid group Walking Borders. Authorities…
Village in Pakistan mourns nearly two dozen people after Greece boat tragedy
Bandali, Pakistan-administered Kashmir CNN — An air of melancholy engulfs the small village of Bandali in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where hopes are fading fast for nearly two dozen residents who went…
Migrant boat: At least 78 dead off Greek coast after vessel sinks
CNN — At least 78 people died after a migrant boat carrying hundreds of people sank off the Greek coast in the early hours of Wednesday, that country’s Coast Guard…
Migrant boat: Nine arrested over vessel that sank off Greek coast
Kalamata, Greece CNN — Nine crew members have been arrested for people smuggling after a packed vessel sank in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, killing dozens of people, as human rights…
Lake Maggiore: All passengers on boat that sank on Italy lake had worked for security or defense services
CNN — All 21 passengers on a charter boat that sank in Italy’s Lake Maggiore on Sunday, killing four people, were currently or formerly tied to Israeli and Italian defense…
Lake Maggiore: Italian secret service agents among the dead in boat accident
CNN — Two Italian secret service agents and a retired member of Israel’s security forces were among the four victims from Sunday’s fatal boat accident on Lake Maggiore, northern Italy.…
Four dead after Italy’s Lake Maggiore boat accident
CNN — The bodies of four people have been recovered from Lake Maggiore in northern Italy after a tourist boat capsized on Sunday evening, Italy’s fire service has said. Search…
Malaysia investigating possible looting of World War II British shipwrecks
CNN — Malaysian authorities have detained a Chinese-flagged cargo ship amid reports of the salvaging of World War II shipwrecks in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, according to a report from…
USS Panay: Years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan sank a US warship in China
CNN — It’s a day seared into America’s collective memory: December 7, 1941. The day Imperial Japanese warplanes launched a devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sinking or damaging…
Sicilian island receives record-high migrants by sea
Rome CNN — A record of more than 2,000 migrants arrived on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa in the past day, an Italian official said on Saturday. Some 1,778 people…