The US Navy’s top commander visited Japan Tuesday to meet with the grieving families of seven sailors killed in a weekend accident, as investigators continue their probe into the cause of the collision with a container ship. Admiral John Richardson arrived at the US naval base in Yokosuka on the outskirts of Tokyo to meet … Read more
The US and Japan were conducting a major search operation Saturday to find seven missing American sailors after their navy destroyer collided with a much larger container ship, crushing the side of the military vessel. Planes, boats and helicopters scoured the seas off Japan’s Pacific coast in a bid to find the crew who disappeared … Read more
The US and Japan were conducting a major search operation Saturday to find seven missing American sailors after their navy destroyer collided with a much larger container ship, crushing the side of the military vessel. Planes, boats and helicopters scoured the seas off Japan’s Pacific coast in a bid to find the crew who disappeared … Read more
At least 34 people including young children drowned Wednesday when they fell off an overloaded migrant vessel in the Mediterranean, where tensions are rising between aid ships and the Libyan coastguard. “There’s a critical situation today. About 200 people fell into the water,” an Italian coastguard spokesman told AFP, saying 34 bodies had been recovered … Read more
At least 30 migrants including young children drowned Wednesday when they fell off an overloaded vessel in the Mediterranean, where tensions are rising between aid ships and the Libyan coast guard. “There’s a critical situation today. About 200 people fell into the water,” a coastguard spokesman told AFP, while a humanitarian worker at the scene … Read more
Gambians deported from Libya stand in line as they wait for registration at the airport in Banjul Four suspected people-smugglers were killed in an exchange of gunfire with the Libyan coastguard off western Libya on Thursday. A German journalist travelling on the coastguard boat was wounded in the clash, which he said started when the … Read more