Italy

Christian migrants 'thrown overboard in religious clash'

Italian police are holding 15 Muslim men on suspicion of murdering a dozen Christians on a migrant boat from Africa.

17 April 2015

Europe News

EU urged to change course over world's deadliest sea crossing

After yet more lives lost in the Mediterranean sea, human rights activists are demanding the EU changes course on its migration and asylum policies

16 April 2015

Italy

More than a statistic: The human cost of migration to Italy

Hundreds die attempting to cross the Mediterranean from north Africa. Thousands are saved, but Italy is struggling to cope with escalating migrant arrivals.

16 April 2015

Italy

Italy calls for a Europe-wide response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean

Italy’s Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has called for a Europe wide response to the wave of migrants risking their lives crossing the

16 April 2015

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Italy: 1,700 migrants rescued off the Sicilian coast

13 April 2015

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Thousands of sea lions rescued in California

9 April 2015

Target

Japan: using smart technology to save lives at sea and beyond

In this episode of Target Special Japan we discover a unique amphibious search and rescue plane. The ShinMaywa, used by the Japanese Navy, is the

6 April 2015

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17 sailors rescued from two Yemeni ships off Amreli coast

6 April 2015

USA

Sailor missing at sea for 66 days reunites with family

A 37-year-old sailor who has been missing for 66 days was finally located on a capsized boat 200 miles off the coast of the US state of North

3 April 2015

USA

Missing US sailor rescued after 66 days at sea

3 April 2015

USA

Man rescued after attempting to walk from US to Canada across frozen lake

A 25-year-old man has been rescued after apparently trying to walk from Detroit to Canada across a frozen lake. Coastguards spotted the man on Lake

7 March 2015

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Latest migrant tragedy claims at least 10 lives off Italian coastline

6 March 2015

Italy

Mediterranean migrants 'forced to take to sea'

There are claims that people traffickers have been forcing migrants onto boats despite bad weather, after more dramatic rescue missions.

4 March 2015

Italy

Italy: Coastguard rescues almost 1,000 migrants in 24 hours

Dramatic footage from Italy’s coastguard has captured migrants’ desperate attempts to reach the safety of a rescue vessel after their own boat

4 March 2015

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Firefighters pull girl out of mire in China

27 February 2015

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Lithuania: Dashcam footage shows police racing choking baby to hospital

26 February 2015

Europe News

EU extends Mediterranean rescue mission until 2015

Faced with an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, the EU has extended its rescue mission off the Italian coast until the end of 2015

19 February 2015

Italy

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

17 February 2015

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

14 February 2015

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

4 February 2015