Drowned migrant baby photo wake-up call for EU: NGO
The photo shows the baby, its eyes closed with blue-tinged lips, in the arms of a rescuer.
May 31, 2016, 11:39 AM IST
Swiss village willing to pay £200,000 fine to keep 10 refugees out; fear sex attack on women, children
Their is one more reason which has led the super-rich of Switzerland’s Oberwil-Lieli village to vote ‘no’ in a referendum to accept just ten migrants and i.e. fear of sex attacks on their women and children.
May 30, 2016, 17:40 PM IST
More than 700 feared dead in recent Mediterranean crossings
Survivor accounts have pushed to more than 700 the number of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over three days in the past week, even as rescue ships saved thousands of others in daring operations.
May 30, 2016, 16:34 PM IST
Beacon from Egypt crash detected, search narrows
The chief investigator in Egypt said search teams in the Mediterranean have picked up a beacon believed to be from the EgyptAir Flight 804.
May 27, 2016, 16:40 PM IST
No sign of EgyptAir plane technical problems before takeoff: Sources
The EgyptAir jet that disappeared last week did not show technical problems before taking off from Paris, sources within the Egyptian investigation committee said late on Tuesday.
May 25, 2016, 09:01 AM IST
Thousands of migrants saved in 23 rescue operations off Libya
Officials fear the numbers trying to make the crossing to Italy will increase as weather conditions continue to improve.
May 25, 2016, 05:48 AM IST
DNA samples taken as searchers hunt for EgyptAir plane
Egyptian forensics officials collected DNA from relatives of EgyptAir MS804 victims on Tuesday to help identify body parts retrieved from the Mediterranean, as investigators hunt for clues into the mysterious crash.
May 25, 2016, 00:06 AM IST
Submarine deployed to find crashed jet's black boxes: Egypt PM
Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi today said a submarine was deployed to locate the black boxes that could provide vital clues on what caused an EgyptAir plane to crash in the Mediterranean Sea carrying 66 people, as he asserted no theory was being favoured in the probe.
May 22, 2016, 20:20 PM IST
'Smoke detected' inside cabin before EgyptAir crash: Reports
The discovery of the wreckage of EgyptAir Flight MS804 near Alexandria came as the Navy continued to sweep the area.
May 21, 2016, 11:33 AM IST
Up to 500 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck last week
As many as 500 people are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean Sea, two international groups said today, describing survivors' accounts of panicked passengers who desperately tried to stay afloat by jumping between vessels.
Apr 21, 2016, 01:28 AM IST
Bodies of nine migrants found washed up on Turkey beach: Report
Turkish authorities on Tuesday found the bodies of at least nine migrants, including several children, washed up on a beach after their boat sank en route to Greece, Dogan news agency reported.
Jan 05, 2016, 13:42 PM IST
Over 1 million migrants reach Europe by sea in 2015: UN
Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday.
Dec 31, 2015, 09:47 AM IST
Hamas bans Gaza New Year's eve parties
Islamist group Hamas has banned public New Year`s Eve parties in the Gaza Strip because they offend the territory's values and religious traditions, police said on Wednesday.
Dec 30, 2015, 20:52 PM IST
Nine Russian raids hit Syria hospitals: Medical group
Nine Russian air strikes have hit hospitals or field clinics operating in war-torn Syria, killing civilians and medical staff, a Syrian medical organisation has said.
Oct 23, 2015, 18:35 PM IST
German sailors work round the clock to rescue migrants
On the hunt for people-smugglers in the Mediterranean, a German Navy ship is sailing off the coast of Libya when it gets a report of an unidentified boat adrift.
Sep 29, 2015, 09:07 AM IST
As Britain welcomes 20,000 Syrians, Eritreans say they also deserve to stay
Two young Eritreans, recent arrivals in northern England after paying smugglers thousands of dollars to take them across the Sahara desert, Mediterranean Sea and English channel, are hoping the British government will let them stay.
Sep 23, 2015, 13:19 PM IST
EU to seize smugglers' boats in Mediterranean
European Union (EU) ministers on Monday agreed to move the EU naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea against smugglers and traffickers to phase 2.
Sep 15, 2015, 02:50 AM IST
