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10 killed after 4 tourist boats capsize in China: state media
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2025
» HONG KONG - Ten people died when "sudden strong winds" capsized four boats carrying tourists, plunging 84 people into a river in southwestern China on Sunday, state media reported.
Flowers in the sand: families mourn Senegal migrants lost at sea
AFP, Published on 08/02/2025
» DAKAR - Fatou Fall defiantly faced the ocean and sadly laid a flower on Mbao beach near Senegal's capital Dakar in memory of her husband -- one of many who left on perilous clandestine crossings for Europe but never returned.
Drone kills ‘dozens’ of fleeing Rohingya in Myanmar
Reuters, Published on 10/08/2024
» A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.
Nine dead after Korean ship capsizes off Japan
Reuters, Published on 21/03/2024
» SEOUL - At least nine people were killed when a South Korean-flagged vessel capsized off Japan, the South Korean foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Taiwanese citizen found dead after boat capsize off Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 16/03/2024
» JAKARTA - A Taiwanese citizen missing for days following a passenger boat capsize off the Indonesia's capital Jakarta was found dead on Friday, the coast guard said in a statement.
41 feared dead in Mediterranean migrant shipwreck
Published on 09/08/2023
» ROME: Forty-one migrants including three children are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean, UN agencies said, citing four survivors brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Wednesday.
23 dead as boat capsizes in lake near Manila
Published on 27/07/2023
» MANILA: A small boat capsized in a lake near the Philippine capital on Thursday, killing 23 people on board and leaving six others missing, rescuers said.
EU lawmakers urge international probe of Greece migrant tragedy
AFP, Published on 06/07/2023
» BRUSSELS: European Union lawmakers on Thursday pushed for an independent probe into a migrant boat tragedy off Greece in which hundreds of people are believed to have died, calling an internal investigation by Athens inadequate.
‘No survivors’ in capsized Chinese fishing vessel
AFP and Reuters, Published on 23/05/2023
» BEIJING: There were no survivors after a fishing vessel carrying 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesian and five Filipino crew members capsized last week in the Indian Ocean, according to an initial Chinese government investigation report released on Tuesday.
39 missing from Chinese ship in Indian Ocean
AFP, Published on 17/05/2023
» BEIJING: A crew of 39 Chinese, Indonesian and Filipino sailors were missing at sea after a Chinese fishing vessel capsized in the Indian Ocean, officials said on Wednesday.