World
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Africa
6/7/2025 12:54:40 PM
A small charity on the Kenyan coast has become vital to the region's majestic turtle population, saving thousands from poachers, fishermen's nets and ever-worsening plastic pollution.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
5/31/2025 3:38:22 PM
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World
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Region
11/30/2024 7:00:17 PM
The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon, including fishermen who long launched their wooden-hulled single-engine boats into the Mediterranean at dawn.
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World
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International
3/16/2024 2:48:01 PM
Twelve Pakistani fishermen died after their boat capsized in the Arabian Sea, the military said Wednesday, as the navy searched for a pair still missing.
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Egypt
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Society
4/29/2023 9:35:27 PM
Egypt’s Minister of Social Solidarity, Nevine El-Qabbaj, ordered on Saturday the disbursement of monthly aid worth EGP 1,000 to 70 families of fishermen suspended in Saudi Arabia for allegedly trespassing on territorial fishing waters.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/8/2022 7:44:18 PM
Ukraine's recent rapid advance into Russian-occupied territory liberated the resort village of Shchurove, once a forest haven for families and fishermen taking a break from city life.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
8/23/2022 9:00:21 PM
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/8/2022 10:32:35 PM
Twenty Egyptian sailors, who were released earlier this month after being held by Yemen’s Houthis for about a month over charges of trespassing into Yemeni territorial waters, have arrived back home.
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World
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International
3/23/2022 2:53:59 PM
A lorry drivers' strike, mass protests by farmers and fishermen, industrial production stoppages: record inflation levels have fuelled growing anger with Spain's left-wing government as energy prices go through the roof.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/5/2022 8:39:15 PM
At least 12 Egyptian sailors are currently stuck in a Ukrainian port as the Russian invasion enters its tenth day, according to the Head of Egypt’s Fishermen Syndicate Ahmed Nassar.
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World
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International
2/15/2022 8:06:54 PM
At least seven fishermen died and another 14 were missing after a Spanish trawler sank in rough seas off eastern Canada on Tuesday, Spanish and Canadian officials said.
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World
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International
12/12/2021 12:27:22 PM
Fishermen in northern France have threatened to disrupt British imports in a bid to increase pressure on London to grant them more licences for UK waters.
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World
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International
12/11/2021 10:16:15 PM
Britain has granted another 23 licences to French fishermen, a government spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after a deadline set by Paris to resolve a post-Brexit battle over fishing rights.
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World
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International
11/25/2021 7:46:56 PM
Britain's government said Thursday it was "disappointed" by threats from French fishermen to blockade the Channel Tunnel in a dispute over post-Brexit fishing rights.
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World
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International
11/19/2021 5:01:23 PM
France is not backing down on its demand that the British crown dependency of Jersey grant all outstanding requests for post-Brexit licenses to French fishermen, its Europe Minister Clement Beaune told AFP on Friday.
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World
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International
11/14/2021 3:20:12 PM
Pakistan has freed 20 Indian fishermen who spent four years in prison in the port city of Karachi for violating the country's territorial waters, an official said Sunday.
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World
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Region
10/4/2021 11:40:50 AM
The death toll from Cyclone Shaheen rose to five Monday while other fishermen from Iran remained missing as the storm moved further inland into Oman and weakened.
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World
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International
9/29/2021 4:00:29 PM
The UK and France are at loggerheads again over fishing rights in the English Channel _ the latest post-Brexit spat between the two countries.
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World
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Region
6/14/2021 3:26:03 PM
Fishermen who found the bodies told AFP that they were floating in the waters of Ras al-Ara in the southern province of Lahij
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World
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Region
5/23/2021 8:31:28 PM
Israeli security forces prevented fishermen from sailing during its offensive, but they began allowing a limited number of ships to set out beginning Saturday as Egyptian mediators worked to firm up a cease-fire
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