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AYDIN, (AA): The death toll from the refugee boat that sank this weekend in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s western province of Aydin has risen to 25, including 13 children. According to the district governor, the refugee boat was en route to Greece when it sank off the coast of the Didim district. The Turkish […]

30th Jan 2016

Turkey: Ten dead as refugee boat sinks off western Turkey

CANAKKALE (AA) – Ten people, including five children, drowned off Turkey’s western coast Saturday, the Turkish Coast Guard said, in what is the latest loss of refugees in the region. Their boat was heading for Lesbos, one of the main Greek islands located just a few kilometers (miles) off Turkey’s Aegean coastline. Among the casualties […]

20th Dec 2015

Indonesia: 20 rescued, 2 dead after boat sinks

By Ainur Rohmah JAKARTA (AA) – At least 20 people have been rescued and two confirmed dead after a passenger boat carrying more than 115 people sank after encountering large waves in waters off Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. Israel, a rescuer who like many Indonesians uses only one name, told Kompas.com on Sunday, “around 20 […]

2nd Dec 2015

Turkey: 30 missing as refugee boat sinks off Turkish coast

ANKARA (AA) – At least 30 people are missing after a boat carrying refugees sank off Turkey’s western coast on Tuesday, the Coast Guard said. The boat, which was carrying around 35 people, had been heading for the Greek island of Chios when it sank off the coast of Cesme, Izmir province. The island is one of the most […]

27th Nov 2015

Turkey: Children die as refugee boat sinks off Turkish coast

MUGLA, (AA) – Two Syrian children have died after a boat carrying refugees sank off Turkey’s southwest coast early Friday. The boat is the latest to go down in the waters off the Bodrum peninsula, where refugees gather to make the short but perilous sea journey to nearby Greek islands. Turkey’s Coast Guard said the […]

15th Oct 2015

Turkey: Two die as refugee boat sinks off Aegean coast

IZMIR (AA): Two people have died after a boat carrying refugees — most of them Syrian — sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s southwestern Izmir coast on Wednesday. According to a statement from the provincial governorship the incident took place off the Menderes district as the boat was headed towards the Greek islands. Turkish coast guards rescued […]

21st Sep 2015

Turkey: 13 die as refugee boat sinks off Turkey’s Aegean coast

CANAKKALE/IZMIR, Turkey (AA): At least 13 people have died after a boat carrying refugees sank on Sunday in the Aegean Sea off Turkey’s northwestern Canakkale coast. The incident occurred off Ayvacik district as an inflatable boat, packed with more than 20 people, sailed to the nearby Greek island of Lesbos, Canakkale Provincial Governor Hamza Erkal told […]

2nd Jun 2015

China: President Xi urges all-out rescue efforts after ship with 458 people sinks

[Photo: Rescuers work near the ship sinking site in the Jianli section of the Yangtze River on June 25. Photo taken with a mobile phone. (Xinhua)] BEIJING, (Xinhua): Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out rescue efforts after a passenger ship carrying 458 people sank Monday night in the Hubei section of China’s Yangtze River. The […]

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