
Forty-five migrants killed after boat capsizes in Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Libya, says UN
Thirty-seven survivors, mainly from Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana, were rescued by local fishermen and later detained by Libyan officials onshore

As smoke clears in Beirut, shock over explosion gives way to anger in cash-strapped Lebanon
Public dissatisfaction boiled over late last year, when protesters took to the streets calling for the ouster of the political class. The protests toppled the prime minister, but Lebanon’s troubles only grew worse

Ocean Viking, rescue ship in Mediterranean Sea, declares emergency after six migrants attempt suicide
The ship, which is in limbo in the Mediterranean off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, has been waiting for over a week for permission from Italy or Malta to offload the migrants at one of their ports.

Malta in talks with Maharashtra govt for tourism promotion, eyes 20% growth in Indian visitor arrivals in 2018
Around 4,000 Indian tourists visited Malta in 2017.

Spanish emergency services rescue almost 500 migrants from Mediterranean Sea in a single day
According to the International Organisation for Migration, 18,653 migrants reached Spanish shores between the beginning of the year and 18 July.

Gulf diplomatic crisis: Doha denies Arab states' claim of emergency air corridors allotment to Qatari planes
Arab states said they would allow Qatari planes to use air corridors in emergencies, but Doha denied it, saying they were spreading "false information".

Libya coastguard rescues 150 Europe-bound migrants off Tripoli
Libya's coastguard rescued at least 150 migrants who were trying to reach Europe on Monday after their inflatable boat had engine problems and began to sink, a navy spokesman said.

Spain's maritime service rescues 19 Algerian migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean
Spain's maritime rescue service says that it has saved 19 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in a small boat

Chinese ships conduct live firing drills in Mediterranean; to hold joint naval exercise with Russia
China says its latest-generation warships have conducted live-firing drills in the Mediterranean Sea while en route to joint exercises with the Russian Navy

Bodies of five migrants recovered from small boat; Spain's rescue service saves 92 others
Spain's maritime rescue service has recovered the bodies of five migrants who died attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in a small boat.

Russia fires cruise missiles at Islamic State positions in Syria
Russians warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State group's positions in Syria, the Russian defense ministry said on Wednesday.

Rescuers pull 2,300 migrants off the coast in Libya, two dead
The rescue efforts came as the bodies of 35 migrants, including at least 10 children, were being brought to Italy after they fell off an overloaded vessel.

Passengers of hijacked Libyan flight to return home from Malta
The passengers from a hijacked Libyan flight that was diverted to Malta have left the Mediterranean island and are returning home.

Migrant crisis death toll crosses 5,000, says UN refugee agency
The number of migrants and refugees who have perished while trying to cross the Mediterranean this year has passed 5,000, the UN said on Friday after two more deadly shipwrecks.

Human remains recovered from EgyptAir plane crash site; DNA tests to be conducted
EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea about 280 kms from the Egyptian seacoast on May 19, with 56 passengers and 10 cabin crew on board.

EgyptAir's second black box recovered from Mediterranean Sea
The second black box of the doomed EgyptAir plane that crashed last month killing all 66 people on board was pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Friday, a day after Egypt's investigation committee said the plane's cockpit voice recorder had been recovered.

Three dead, 302 migrants rescued from sinking boat in Greece
Three bodies were recovered and 302 people rescued from a sinking boat carrying a number of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea south of Crete

French ship picks up signals from crashed EgyptAir flight's black boxes
A French ship has picked up signals presumed to be from black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month, Egypt said

Europe migrant crisis: UN claims 880 lives lost in recent Mediterranean shipwrecks
The death toll in the Mediterranean shipwrecks has claimed atleast 880 lives, the UN refuge agency said.