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Almost 400 migrants remained stranded in the central Mediterranean on Sunday, after a dangerously overcrowded rescue boat was emptied of all its passengers. SEE ALSO: Mali, Belarus On Agenda As Merkel To Visit Macron At Summer Retreat The…

Turkey drew another rebuke from the European Union, on Sunday, when it said its Yavuz energy drill ship would extend operations in disputed Mediterranean waters, off Cyprus until mid-September. SEE ALSO: Russia, Syria Under Attack at UN…

Tankers carrying nearly two months worth of Venezuelan oil output are stuck at sea as global refiners shun the nation’s crude to avoid falling foul of U.S. sanctions, according to industry sources, PDVSA documents and shipping data. SEE…

The effects of global warming continue to be felt all over the World with freak heat waves, flooding and wildfires from Australia to Japan, Sweden, Norway and now a wildfire in Greece. Reports coming out of Greece reveal that at least 50…

A couple of bodies of victims of the storm in Abuja on Saturday have been recovered in Karshi, Federal Capital Territory, have been recovered, the Chief of Karshi, Ismaila Mohammed, has said. Mohammed stated that they were thoroughly…

35 dead migrants have been picked up from Tunisia’s southern coast, the country’s defence ministry said Sunday, revising upwards an earlier government death toll. As of 1:00 pm (1200 GMT), “35 bodies were recovered and 68 migrants…

The number of dead or missing migrants in the Mediterranean has risen above the 3,000 for the fourth year in a row, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. In the year to date, 3,033 people are estimated to…

The Senate is to investigate the death of 26 young Nigerian girls on the Mediterranean while travelling to Italy. The measure followed a resolution on a motion “On death of 26 Young Nigerian Girls en route Italy”, sponsored by Sen. Rose…

The UN Migration Agency on Friday said 100 migrants were still missing, two days after their ship sunk off the Libyan coast. “Forty others who were aboard were rescued and seven others are known to have lost their lives,’’ the…