Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has ended his attempt to circumnavigate the Southern Hemisphere. The 73-year-old priest had to abandon his 27,000km rowing journey after several technical failures ...
In a well-coordinated rescue effort with local boats, the KDF special boat unit personnel successfully rescued all 16 crew ...
Two workers including a foreigner contracted to build the multibillion Dongo Kundu bridge have died after drowning in the Indian Ocean. The two were identified as Santhosh Pappy, 44, a foreigner from ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Twenty-four people died after two boats capsized off the Madagascar coast in the Indian Ocean, Somalia’s government said Sunday. Somalia’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s naval forces rescued an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel hijacked by Somali pirates and freed its 19-member Pakistani crew off the east coast of Somalia, a navy statement said ...
PARIS, France, May 22 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency expressed sadness on Tuesday after at least five people, including three children, drowned when a small motorized boat sank off the French ...
In the western Indian Ocean, analysts increasingly describe this as a hybrid threat: illicit networks that generate profit, ...
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 22 May 2012 More than 20 people are ...