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May 18, 2024, 12:43 PM IST

What Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wants To Achieve By Enhancing Ties With Greece

The bilateral relations between the India and Greece have progressed at a slower pace but the Narendra Modi government wants to take it to a new heights by 2030.

Feb 22, 2024, 08:21 AM IST

130 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean as capsized boat, bodies found

The civil hotline Alarm Phone had reported three boats were in distress on Wednesday, prompting SOS Mediterranee to launch a search 'in very rough seas, with up to 6-metre waves', the non-governmental organisation said in a news release issued earlier. 

Apr 23, 2021, 20:06 PM IST

Russian Sukhoi Su-35 intercepts US P-8A warplane over Mediterranean Sea, flies just 25 feet apart: Watch

Russia scrambled its 4++ Generation twin-engine Su-35 fighter from Syria's Hmeymim airbase for the intercept after tracking the US P-8A aircraft. During the second intercept, the Su-35 came within 25 feet of the P-8A, claimed the US Navy.

Apr 21, 2020, 15:40 PM IST

Israel begins building marine barrier on Gaza strip

Israel Defence Minister on Sunday announced that construction had begun on a marine barrier with the Gaza Strip extending into the Mediterranean Sea. Avigdor Liberman said in a statement that the barrier aimed to prevent any attempts by Palestinians in Gaza to enter Israeli territory through the sea, Efe news reported.

May 28, 2018, 07:35 AM IST

90 migrants feared dead in boat capsize off Libya: UN

Twenty-eight migrants have died in 2018 on the western route that links North Africa to Spain, IOM said.

Feb 02, 2018, 16:28 PM IST

26 teenage girls found dead in Mediterranean Sea

Italian authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of death of 26 teenage girls whose bodies were recovered in the Mediterranean Sea, the media reported on Tuesday.

Nov 07, 2017, 12:01 PM IST

China warships conduct live fire drills in Mediterranean Sea

The defence ministry says the destroyer Hefei, frigate Yuncheng and support ship Luomahu took part in Monday's drills involving the ship's deck guns and small arms.

Jul 12, 2017, 14:17 PM IST

China likely to set up military base in Pakistan: Pentagon

China is likely to establish additional military bases in Pakistan and other countries with which it has longstanding friendly ties and similar strategic interests, a new Pentagon report said on Wednesday as the world's largest army increasingly flexed its muscles.'

Jun 07, 2017, 19:25 PM IST

58 migrants including children perish in Mediterranean in a week, 100 more missing

At least 58 migrants, including many children, perished in the Mediterranean last week trying to reach Italy, while 100 more are still missing, according to new figures published today.

May 30, 2017, 21:41 PM IST

G7 leaders make progress on trade, remain split on climate change

Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations pledged on Saturday to fight protectionism, overcoming resistance from US President Donald Trump, who was elected on an "America first" agenda.

May 27, 2017, 18:52 PM IST

Libya rescues 129 migrants stranded at mediterranean sea

Gunmen mugged 129 migrants on a rubber dinghy headed for Europe and also stole the craft's engine, abandoning them off the Libyan coast, Libya's navy said on Saturday.

May 06, 2017, 21:17 PM IST

Mediterranean rescuers save 300 migrants at sea, recover six bodies

Rescuers saved around 300 migrants from rubber and wooden boats in the Mediterranean on Wednesday but recovered six dead bodies during the operations, the Italian coastguard said.

Dec 22, 2016, 00:02 AM IST

Five dead migrants recovered in Mediterranean, 300 rescued

The bodies of five migrants were recovered in the central Mediterranean on Wednesday during rescue operations that saved 300 others, the Italian coastguard said.

Oct 20, 2016, 00:24 AM IST

42 killed in migrant boat capsize off Egypt's coast

The coast guard have rescued some 150 survivors from the boat, meaning some 400 were still missing. 

Sep 22, 2016, 09:57 AM IST

EgyptAir black box data downloaded; evidence suggests fire on board

EgyptAir Flight MS804 plunged into the eastern Mediterranean Sea en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19, killing all 66 people on board. 

Jun 30, 2016, 09:46 AM IST

Italy recovers 2015 sunk migrant boat, hopes to ID victims

The Italian navy has raised from the seafloor the migrant ship that sank off Sicily last year with an estimated 700-800 people aboard in one of the worst known tragedies of the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

Jun 30, 2016, 01:06 AM IST

4,500 people rescued in Mediterranean: Italy coastguard

About 4,500 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said, adding that the body of one person had been recovered.

Jun 23, 2016, 22:27 PM IST

German cabinet backs expanded role in Mediterranean mission

Germany has thus far participated in the EU mission with a logistics ship, and about 950 German soldiers have helped rescue about 15,000 people at sea since May 2015.

Jun 22, 2016, 16:04 PM IST

2nd black box of crashed EgyptAir plane found

Yesterday, the cockpit voice recorder for EgyptAir Flight 804 was found in a damaged condition.

Jun 17, 2016, 17:13 PM IST