An estimated 300 people are feared dead after attempting to reach Italy from Libya in three inflatable rafts, the UN refugee agency said after speaking to survivors rescued by Italy’s coastguard in the past few days. An Italian tug boat rescued nine people who had been on two different boats[…]
The Italian coast guard said Saturday that it rescued 194 Syrian migrants whose boat ran into difficulty on the way from Turkey to Italy. The migrants were rescued Friday from a 30-metre merchant vessel that was taking in water and was at risk of sinking, some 240 kilometres from the[…]
John Kerry, US secretary of state, has left for a series of meetings in Europe seeking to head off an end-of-year UN showdown over a Palestinian bid for statehood. His first stop on Sunday was to be Rome, where he will meet separately both Sergey Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, and[…]
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