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World
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Africa
4/22/2024 9:09:41 PM
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key policy for ending the tide of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel.
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World
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Africa
4/8/2024 2:48:11 PM
Rescuers carried out search operations off the northern coast of Mozambique on Monday after a makeshift ferry boat carrying people fleeing a cholera outbreak capsized, killing at least 97.
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World
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Region
4/8/2024 1:42:51 PM
Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati and visiting Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Monday discussed the Syrian refugee crisis, Beirut said, as Nicosia pushes the Lebanese authorities to stem boat departures.
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World
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International
3/25/2024 3:16:55 PM
The Philippines lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing on Monday and summoned a senior Chinese diplomat over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that injured Filipino navy crew members and heavily damaged their boat in the disputed South China Sea, officials said.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/21/2024 4:08:57 PM
Cyprus hosted a meeting Thursday aimed at sending "as many boats as possible" carrying aid to the Gaza Strip along a maritime corridor, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said.
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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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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/14/2024 11:03:53 AM
A first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid was making slow progress towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday as efforts grew to bring more humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/13/2024 6:34:23 PM
A second Gaza-bound aid ship would embark from the Cypriot port of Larnaca once a boat already sailing along the new maritime corridor completes its mission, Cyprus's foreign minister said Wednesday.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/13/2024 10:32:11 AM
A Spanish aid boat was en route to Gaza on Wednesday, opening a new maritime corridor intended to allow deliveries of desperately needed food to the Palestinian territory ravaged by months of Israeli war, as Israel persists in blocking land routes.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
3/9/2024 10:32:28 AM
A US charity said it was loading aid for Gaza onto a boat in Cyprus, the first shipment to the Palestinian territory along a maritime corridor the EU Commission hopes will open this weekend.
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World
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International
2/18/2024 9:43:29 PM
Officials in northern France said Sunday rescue boats had saved nearly 140 people who got into difficulty while attempting the perilous Channel crossing to England this weekend.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
2/13/2024 10:09:59 PM
String instruments made from migrant boats met with sustained applause as they debuted at Italy's prestigious La Scala opera house in tribute to those who perish attempting the Mediterranean crossing to Europe.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
2/11/2024 2:58:00 PM
With traditional prosperity rituals, Nairu restaurant at Four Seasons First Nile boat is set to bring magic and meaning to the Chinese New Year celebration.
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World
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International
1/30/2024 11:29:44 AM
India's navy said Tuesday it had freed an Iranian fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates, the second in as many days, after the latest attack on Indian Ocean shipping.
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World
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Africa
1/29/2024 1:21:57 PM
Sri Lanka’s diplomats are talking with Somali authorities trying to ascertain the whereabouts of a fishing vessel and its six crewmembers suspected of being abducted by Somali pirates two days ago, officials said Monday.
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Sports
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World
1/24/2024 10:26:53 PM
Amid outrage at the latest incident of racism to blight Italian soccer, former AC Milan player Kevin-Prince Boateng says nothing has changed in the years since he also walked off the pitch in protest.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
1/16/2024 5:04:41 PM
The US military said Tuesday it seized Iranian-made missile parts en route to Yemen's Houthi rebels from a boat in the Arabian Sea, the first such operation since the start of Houthi attacks against Israeli-linked vessels in solidarity with Palestinians suffering under Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/31/2023 5:12:46 PM
At least 10 Houthi rebels were killed Sunday when US forces struck their boats in the Red Sea, two sources at Yemen's Hodeida port said.
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Travel
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News
12/28/2023 6:55:00 PM
Ring in the New Year on the Nile at the First Nile Boat with a pan-Asian experience in Nairu, a Brazilian barbecue at Xodó with the trio band setting the tone to the New year, Mediterranean celebrations at Zoé with DJ, belly dancer and singer and an immersive dining at Le Petit Chef.
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World
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Region
12/17/2023 6:26:36 PM
A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the UN migration agency said.
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