Mediterranean

Cypriot authorities rescued 86 migrants on Sunday after their boat got into difficulty 12 nautical miles off the Mediterranean island’s southeast coast, officials said. The Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) said the operation was…
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Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were traveling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy’s coast guard said. Rescue operations were ongoing, supported by…
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A young Somali woman spoke of the traumatic experience of violence she had with many people who were forcibly returned to Libya after fleeing their home countries. Médecins Sans Frontières quoted the 19-year-old girl as saying: “They push…
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The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah heading toward an area where an Israeli gas platform was recently installed in the Mediterranean Sea. The launch…
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More than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, a prominent humanitarian group said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe. Doctors Without…
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Two rockets fired from Gaza early Saturday fell into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tel Aviv, prompting Israeli retaliatory fire on Hamas positions. No injuries have so far been reported from both sides. Hamas and Israel…
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The Italian Coast Guard rescued more than 420 migrants Saturday, including dozens of minors, from boats in difficulty in the Mediterranean Sea including using cargo ships to block the wind that was buffeting one of the overcrowded vessels.…
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As dozens of African migrants traversed the Mediterranean Sea on a flimsy white rubber boat, a small aircraft circling 1,000 feet above closely monitored their attempt to reach Europe. The twin-engine Seabird, owned by the German…
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A civilian training plane that belonged to the Lebanese Aviation Club crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday morning and the two people on board are missing, the Lebanese Army announced. The crash site is off the coast of Halat…
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Plastic packaging and discarded fishing nets bob in the tranquil waters of the Mediterranean, signs of the choking pollution that has stirred strong feelings at the world conservation congress in the French port city Marseille this week.…
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