At least 10 people were killed, and an unknown number remained missing Wednesday, after a boat authorities believe was used for human smuggling capsized off the coast of Florida.
U.N., U.S. call for end to Sri Lanka fightingPresident Obama on Wednesday urged Sri Lanka to halt “indiscriminate” shelling of civilians trapped with the remnants of the country’…Obama reverses course on detainee photosThe Defense Department is set to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged abuse of prisoners in detention facilities in Afghanistan and Iraq.
…NEW ZEALAND: NZFSA imported foods programme enhanced – (New Zealand Food Safety Authority)The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is confident that imported foods are ably managed under New Zealands current import system but this wi…NZ: Closer food ties with CHINA worth the risk, says Key – (NZPA)BEIJING — China’s desire for New Zealand to help sort out its food safety crisis is a commercial [...]
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- At least 52 Somalis die in smuggling attempt
At least 52 Somalis died when the boat smuggling them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen broke down, and they were left adrift with no food or water for...
- Boat people to be sent back to Myanmar
Scores of boat people who fled Myanmar and are now in Thailand are to be sent back despite human rights groups’ concerns they could be tortured ...
- Myanmar migrant survivors fined and deported
Thai police said they planned to hold some survivors of a human trafficking disaster for questioning after witnesses gave police valuable information ...
- Pirates free Spanish boat, crew
The crew of a Spanish fishing boat seized by pirates last week off the coast of Somalia has been freed, officials said Saturday, and the boat was bein...
- Israel targets smuggling tunnels
Israeli aircraft attacked seven smuggling tunnels underneath the Gaza-Egypt border Wednesday in response to rocket attacks on southern Israel, the Isr...
- Desperation, smuggling frame migrant tragedy
Desperation, sophisticated smuggling operations and the emergence of a small Italian island as a migrant destination provide the sad backdrop to Monda...
- Blair:Cease-fire must halt Hamas smuggling
Any cease-fire in the Gaza conflict will require “clear and definitive action” to halt the smuggling of weapons and money into the Hamas-r...
- 40 killed in Vietnam boat sinking
At least 40 people died when a crowded river boat sank in central Vietnam Sunday — on the eve of the Lunar New Year.
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- Blair: Cease-fire must halt Hamas smuggling
Any cease-fire in the Gaza conflict will require “clear and definitive action” to halt the smuggling of weapons and money into the Hamas-r...
- Captain ’spotted’ on lifeboat with pirates
Maersk Line Limited, owner of the U.S.-crewed Maersk Alabama, says the U.S. Navy informed the company on Sunday that it had sighted Capt. Richard Phil...
- Dozens missing after Nepal boat capsizes
At least 30 people were missing and two confirmed dead after a boat capsized on Nepal’s Koshi River, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Kathm...
- Nepal: 2 dead, 30 rescued after boat capsizes
At least 30 people were missing and two confirmed dead after a boat capsized on Nepal’s Koshi River, about 450 km (280 miles) southeast of Kathm...
- Spain: Boat migrants die, bodies cast into sea
The Spanish Interior Ministry says the death toll among migrants found packed aboard a boat trying to reach one of Spain’s Canary Islands has ri...
- Human bone found in Turkish ‘acid well’
Investigators discovered part of a human skull and other remains at a site in southeastern Turkey where the bodies of Kurdish victims of alleged extra...
- Stranded boat crew finally rescued
Eleven fishing boat crew who had been stranded since October in a remote part of Russia’s Far East have been rescued after sheltering nearly thr...
- Focus on body and cell phones found on boat
Indian investigators probing the deadly attacks on Mumbai are focusing on a boat off the coast where the captain’s body has been found bound and...
- Thai PM admits boat people pushed out to sea
Thailand’s prime minister suspects there were “some instances” in which Thai authorities pushed Myanmar’s Rohingya boat people...
- Mexico rescues 5 Ecuadorians adrift for weeks
The Mexican navy said Wednesday that it rescued five Ecuadorians who had been adrift without supplies in a fishing boat for more than two weeks off th...
- Sources: Gaza death toll exceeds 375
The death toll from the Israeli airstrike campaign in Gaza, now in its fourth day, has surpassed 375, according to Palestinian medical sources. In the...
- NY judge: Religion aside, monkey meat needs permit – (Associated Press)
NEW YORK — A federal judge in Brooklyn has rejected a Liberian woman’s religious reasons for smuggling endangered monkey meat into the U.S...
