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3,800 migrants flee Libya's rising danger since Friday

More than 600 migrants have been rescued at sea over the last few days and taken to Porto Empedocle in Sicily. Most arrivals have risked their lives

Italy

Migrants reach Lampedusa after rescue operation saves 700

Thousands have died crossing the sea from North Africa. Early on Saturday morning, one group of migrants made it to shore in Europe and the tiny

Taiwan

Dramatic dashcam video captures Taiwan plane crash

The dramatic moment a TransAsia Airways plane crashed in Taiwan is captured on video by a motorist

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Probe ongoing into Norman Atlantic ferry fire

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Italy

Italy's costly, deadly battle with migrant traffickers

Finally safe on dry land in Gallipoli, Italy… The vessel Blue Sky M had its steering locked on a collision course for the Italian Adriatic shore

Italy

Italy finds second ghost ship with 450 migrants

The Italian coastguard has rescued a drifting ship towards the coast of Italy with hundreds of migrants on board in the second such incident this

Italy

Burned-out Norman Atlantic ferry waits to moor at Italian port Brindisi

The Norman Atlantic car ferry that caught fire off the coast of Greece on Sunday has been taken to the Italian port of Brindisi. Investigators will

Italy

Italian coast guards board new abandoned migrant ship

Italian military takes control of a cargo ship carrying some 450 migrants in the Mediterannean after it had been abandoned by human smugglers

Greece

Dramatic phone footage of car ferry blaze, rescue

Dramatic footage of the burning Norman Atlantic ferry emerged on Wednesday from two passengers who filmed the rescue operation on their mobile

Greece

Rescued ferry passengers arrive safely in Italian port

Rescued passengers from a burning car ferry have arrived safe and sound at the Italian port of Brindisi. Tired and emotional, some 212 survivors met

Greece

Illegal immigrants "hidden in hold" onboard burning Greek ferry

Two Albanian seamen have been killed as they were towing a car ferry that had caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu, after the cable connecting

Greece

Number of Italy ferry fire victims rises amid fears more may be missing

The number of people known to have died after the fire on an Italian ferry off the Greek island of Corfu has risen to ten. The 36-hour rescue

World News

Desperate search continues for missing AirAsia flight 8501

There is still no sign of the missing AirAsia flight 8501 that vanished from airspace thick with storm clouds on Sunday morning. Search and rescue

Greece

Ten confirmed dead as rescue operation ends after Italy ferry fire

Ten people are known to have died after a fire on an Italian ferry off the Greek island of Corfu. It’s understood that nine bodies have been found

Greece

First rescued passengers from burning ferry arrive in Italy; dozens more still waiting onboard

Hundreds of people have been rescued from an Italian ferry that caught fire off the Greek island of Corfu. Dozens more are still waiting to be

Greece

Hundreds still awaiting airlift on stricken Greek ferry

At least 190 people are now known to have been plucked from a burning ferry, adrift off the Greek coast. Hundreds remained trapped onboard as rescue

Italy

Fatalities as cargo ships collide off Ravenna in Italian Adriatic

Italian rescuers were sent to help in the aftermath of a collision between a Turkish cargo ship with 11 crew members on board, and another vessel

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Dangling Chinese boy rescued

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China: Lucky escape for 60-year-old man trapped in well for three days

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Chaos or cohesion: how will Europe respond to a major terror attack?

The spectre of a major terror attack hangs over Europe, with some analysts believing one is almost inevitable. The threat level against Western