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Taiwan coastguard faces China's might near frontline islands
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» KINMEN — With a clear view of China's skyscraper-studded coastline, Taiwanese coastguard captain Huang Heng-chun steers his patrol boat through choppy waters around a group of islands controlled by Taipei.
Italy deploys frigate after drone ‘attack’ on Gaza aid flotilla
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» ROME - Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto sent a navy frigate on Wednesday to assist a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, after organisers said several of their boats had been targeted by drones off Greece.
Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» LAMPEDUSA (ITALY) - Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.
Thousands battle Greek fires as heatwave bakes Europe
AFP, Published on 13/08/2025
» PATRAS, Greece - Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.
Two tourists die as gale-force winds lash Greece
AFP, Published on 08/08/2025
» ATHENS - Two Vietnamese tourists died at sea in Greece on Friday, the coastguard said, as gale-force winds confined many ferries to port, disrupting tens of thousands of summer travellers, and sparked wildfires.
Greece on high alert as heat and wind fuel fire outbreaks
AFP, Published on 05/07/2025
» ATHENS - A new fire broke out on Friday near the Greek capital, Athens, as the country was put on high alert for wildfires due to increased temperatures and strong winds.
Captain of cargo ship in North Sea collision is Russian
AFP, Published on 12/03/2025
» LONDON - The arrested captain of a cargo ship that hit a stationary tanker in the North Sea causing a huge blaze is a Russian national, the ship's owner told AFP Wednesday.
Ships still on fire after North Sea collision
AFP, Published on 11/03/2025
» GRIMSBY, England - Fires were still raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into a tanker carrying flammable jet fuel in the North Sea, as questions mounted about how the accident happened.
Greek PM calls for calm amid 'very intense' Santorini tremors
AFP, Published on 03/02/2025
» SANTORINI (GREECE) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis appealed for calm Monday after a wave of seismic tremors hit the tourist island of Santorini, prompting concern among locals and hundreds of departures.
One dead after ship sinks off Greek island
AFP, Published on 27/11/2023
» ATHENS - Greek rescuers on Sunday were searching for 12 people missing after a ship sank in gale-force winds off the Aegean island of Lesbos, with the authorities finding one crew member dead and saving another.