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Recent News Headlines : Mediterranean Sea

RUSSIA'S WAR DRILLS COME AS SURPRISE IN ASIA

Earlier this month, Russian and Chinese naval forces held the first-ever joint military drill in the South China Sea...
27th September, 2016 121

AS EUROPE FAILS TO ACT, 60,000 REFUGEES ARE LIVING IN APPALLING AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS IN GREECE

I recently visited as a volunteer and in my capacity as advisor to Amnesty International UK's 'I Welcome' refugee campaign...
27th September, 2016 154

133 BODIES RECOVERED AFTER MIGRANT BOAT CAPSIZES IN EGYPTIAN WATERS

The fishing vessel which had been on its way from Egypt to Italy sank on Wednesday off the port city of Rosetta in the Nile Delta...
24th September, 2016 0

THE ACCIDENT COMES MONTHS AFTER THE EU BORDER AGENCY FRONTEX WARNED THAT GROWING NUMBERS OF EUROPE-BOUND REFUGEES WERE USING EGYPT AS A DEPARTURE POINT FOR THE DANGEROUS JOURNEY.

According to the IOM's Missing Migrants Project, this year's deaths stand at 3,501, including the people who died in the latest tragedy off Egypt...
23rd September, 2016 686

THE BOAT SANK IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA OFF BURG RASHID, A VILLAGE IN THE NORTHERN BEHEIRA PROVINCE.

A boat carrying almost 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast on Wednesday, killing at least 43, in the latest disaster among migrants trying to reach Europe...
22nd September, 2016 368

VESSEL CARRYING 600 PASSENGERS FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES, 155 RESCUED SO FAR, OFFICIAL SAYS

Some 12,000 migrants arrived in Italy from that region between January and September, compared with just 7,000 in 2015...
21st September, 2016 910

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS, TO BE SAVED BY EUROPEAN VESSELS IN A SINGLE DAY.

Lifejacket graveyard morbid reminder to politicians coincides with UN refugee summit...
20th September, 2016 814

ALL-FEMALE FLOTILLA AIMS TO BREAK ISRAELI SIEGE OF GAZA

A previous Turkish flotilla in 2010 ended in tragedy after Israeli forces stormed aboard, killing 10 people...
18th September, 2016 2253

MIGRANT CRISIS BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BORIS JOHNSON SAYS EU MISSION SHOULD TURN BACK BOATS

Mr Johnson was in Italy for talks about Britain's decision to abandon the European Union...
16th September, 2016 316

IT'S SOMETHING UNBEARABLE; ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO'VE LOST CHILDREN OR RELATIVES IN THE AEGEAN SEA, AND ARE NOW SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE.

"We believe that such monuments and the ancient Greek literature can transmit messages that are relevant to humanity today - one of which is Hecuba's anti-war cry."...
9th September, 2016 8592

IN MODERN TIMES, ALEPPO WAS SYRIA'S LARGEST CITY.

ISIS fighters are not in the city of Aleppo, but there is a confederation of Islamist and so-called moderate, Western-supported rebels fighting against pro-government forces...
9th September, 2016 1

THERE WERE 311 CHILD DEATHS FROM SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR TO MARCH, COMPARED WITH 62 OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.

"We must remember that children continue to risk their lives...
3rd September, 2016 383

SHE SAID THIS WEEK IN A GERMAN TELEVISION INTERVIEW THAT SUGGESTIONS BY SOME EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO REFUSE MUSLIM REFUGEES IS UNACCEPTABLE.

Yet in the 12 months since then, Europe has gone to great lengths to repel the tide of refugees and other migrants -- rather than welcome them...
1st September, 2016 9

A NEW REPORT SAYS MANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS WHO HAVE DIED CROSSING THE MEDITERRANEAN HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED, LEAVING THEIR FAMILIES TRAUMATISED.

Countries are obliged, under international law, to seek to identify bodies they find and to involve families in that investigation, Dr Robins said...
31st August, 2016 0

ITALY RESCUES 3,000 MORE MIGRANTS IN MEDITERRANEAN AS ARRIVALS SURGE

Some 3000 migrants were saved in the Strait of Sicily in 30 separate rescue missions on Tuesday, the Italian coast guard said, bringing the total to almost...
31st August, 2016 0

EMILIO MORENATTI ASSOCIATED PRESS AFRICANS SEEKING A BETTER LIFE IN EUROPE.

Chaos in libya turns country into popular transit route for migrants...
30th August, 2016 0

THAT PARTICULAR BEACH SITS JUST NORTH OF TEL AVIV'S MAIN DRAG.

Algerians on a public beach reserved for families, on Aug. 3...
30th August, 2016 8

MIGRANT CRISIS EUROPEAN SHIPS SAVE 6500 PEOPLE OFF LIBYA

Libya's chaos and lack of border controls have made it into a transit route...
30th August, 2016 1

THE IOM SAYS THERE ARE A FURTHER 275,000 MIGRANTS IN LIBYA WAITING TO TRAVEL.

Monday's operations involved vessels from Italy as well as the EU's border agency Frontex and the NGOs Proactiva Open Arms and Medecins Sans Frontieres...
30th August, 2016 38

STUNNING PHOTOS SHOW THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS RESCUED OFF COAST OF LIBYA

More than 100,000 people have left Africa for Italy this year...
30th August, 2016 5

THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS RESCUED IN DAY OFF LIBYA BY EUROPEAN VESSELS

Libya's chaos and lack of border controls have made it into a transit route...
29th August, 2016 0

LIFE EXPECTANCY IN SYRIA FELL BY SIX YEARS AT START OF CIVIL WAR

Worst affected was Syria, where men and women were expected to live to 75 and 80 respectively in 2010, but 69 and 75 by 2013...
25th August, 2016 5

IN THE SURREAL LANGUAGE OF REGO'S PAINTING, THE CENTRAL FIGURES HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM PEOPLE INTO TOY-LIKE RABBITS.

Take Portuguese artist Paula Rego's contemporary painting War...
20th August, 2016 3

U.S. SENDS JETS TO PROTECT COALITION FORCES FROM SYRIAN REGIME STRIKES

On Tuesday, Russian bombers began flying missions in Syria from Hamedan air base in Iran...
20th August, 2016 0

ON TUESDAY, RUSSIAN BOMBERS BEGAN FLYING MISSIONS IN SYRIA FROM HAMEDAN AIR BASE IN IRAN.

While the YPG controls most of the northeast, the Syrian government has maintained footholds in the cities of Hasaka and Qamishli at the border with Turkey...
20th August, 2016 0

IMAGES OF OMRAN AND ALAN REVEAL SYRIAN HORROR

Syria Images of Omran and Alan reveal so much horror...
20th August, 2016 0

THE UNITED STATES ALSO ASSERTED ITS MILITARY MIGHT IN A NEW WAY, SCRAMBLING ITS AIRCRAFT TO PROTECT ITS FORCES, AND THOSE IT IS SUPPORTING, FROM SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AIRSTRIKES.

American officials urged the Russians to contact the Syrian government with a blunt message: "United States aircraft would defend troops on the ground if threatened," Captain Davis said...
20th August, 2016 71

WHILE SADA WOULD VERY LIKELY QUALIFY FOR REFUGEE STATUS IN ITALY, LIKE THE HUSSEIN FAMILY, SHE'S SET ON MAKING IT TO FRANKFURT, WHERE HER HUSBAND AWAITS HER.

While the EU insists the program is not dead, so far, a tiny fraction of that number -- barely 1,000 refugees -- have been relocated from Italy to other countries...
12th August, 2016 25

SNOW, CLOUDS, AND SEA ICE ON AND AROUND SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND, A REMOTE ISLAND EAST OF THE MOST SOUTHERLY POINT IN SOUTH AMERICA.

Mischief reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea...
10th August, 2016 258

THE EARLIEST OF THE GENE SEQUENCES WERE TAKEN FROM FOUR PEOPLE OF THE BONCUKLU COMMUNITY, WHO LIVED BETWEEN 10,300 AND 9,500 YEARS AGO.

The other five samples, dating back 9,500 to 7,800 years ago, came from Tepecik-Ciftlik villagers, who used more sophisticated farming techniques, researchers said...
8th August, 2016 1

Trending News Headlines : Mediterranean Sea

5 PRACTICAL WAYS YOU CAN HELP REFUGEES TRYING TO FIND SAFETY IN EUROPE

5 practical ways you can help refugees, starting today...
2nd September, 2015 96503

POPE CALLS ON ALL OF EUROPES CATHOLICS TO HOUSE REFUGEES

Thousands of migrants continue to flow through the Balkans toward Hungary every day rapidly approaching its southern border with Serbia government officials said...
6th September, 2015 11529

HE WANTED EGYPT TO DIG A NEW SUEZ CANAL.

But as poverty bites hard on ordinary Egyptians, discontent with Sissi's government is likely to grow...
6th August, 2015 7693

EVENTUALLY THE TIME CAME FOR HIM TO CROSS TWO SHORT MILES ON THE AEGEAN SEA ISTANBUL THERE ARE NO BEACHES IN KOBANI JUST BOMBS.

Refugee crisis Aylan's life was full of fear a?? in death, he is part of 'humanity washed ashore'...
2nd September, 2015 6800

SHARM EL-SHEIKH IS A RESORT CITY KNOWN FOR ITS SANDY BEACHES.

Russian plane crash in Egypt kills all 224 people aboard...
31st October, 2015 4878

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE FEARED DEAD AFTER TWO BOATS CARRYING UP TO 500 MIGRANTS CAPSIZED OFF THE LIBYAN CITY OF ZUWARA, RESIDENTS AND OFFICIALS SAY.

Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsize off the Libyan city of Zuwara...
27th August, 2015 4327

IT SAID A BOAT CARRYING 16 SYRIAN MIGRANTS HAD SUNK AFTER LEAVING THE AKYARLAR AREA OF THE BODRUM PENINSULA AND SEVEN PEOPLE HAD DIED.

Eleven migrants drown heading from Turkey to Greek island media...
2nd September, 2015 3946

IN NOVEMBER, ITALY ENDED A YEAR-LONG OPERATION AIMED AT RESCUING SEABORNE MIGRANTS.

Guardian.co.uk hundreds of migrants feared dead in mediterranean this week 1 hr ago...
11th February, 2015 3066

OBAMA SAYS STRATEGY TO FIGHT ISIS WILL SUCCEED

"That's shameful," Mr. Obama said. "That's not American. It's not who we are. We don't have religious tests to our compassion."...
17th November, 2015 2869

DROWNED BABY PICTURE CAPTURES WEEK OF TRAGEDY IN MEDITERRANEAN

Little is known about the child, who according to Sea-Watch was immediately handed over to the Italian navy...
30th May, 2016 2775

REFUGEES PILE ONTO A TRAIN IN KELETI STATION BUDAPEST HUNGARY REUTERS

The current refugee crisis is putting the European Union and all of its member states to a historic test...
3rd September, 2015 2768

POPE TAKES 12 REFUGEES BACK TO ROME AFTER VISIT TO CAMP

Critics say the agreement has trampled on the civil rights of refugees fleeing war and betrayed the ideals of the European Union...
16th April, 2016 2668

MIRROR.CO.UK SECOND SHIP PACKED WITH MIGRANTS SAILING ON AUTOPILOT TOWARDS ITALIAN COAST 14 HRS AGO

A total of 796 migrants were rescued from another ship found abandoned without any crew earlier in the week...
2nd January, 2015 2619

ALSO DEEMED ON A HIGH THREAT ARE LEBANON EGYPT AUSTRALIA THAILAND AND TUNISIA.

Also deemed on a high threat are Lebanon, Egypt, Australia, Thailand and Tunisia...
1st July, 2015 2382

'I LOVE MY DOG, I NEED HER' SYRIAN REFUGEE, 17, WALKS 300 MILES CARRYING PET TO EUROPE

I love my dog i need her syrian refugee 17 walks 300 miles carrying pet to europe...
21st September, 2015 2292

NEARLY 14 MILLION PEOPLE WERE NEWLY DISPLACED IN 2014 ACCORDING TO THE ANNUAL REPORT BY THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.

Nearly 14 million people were newly displaced in 2014, according to the annual report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
18th June, 2015 2268

NATO TESTED BY RUSSIA RAISES ITS GUARD AND ITS TONE

NATO officials have been discussing whether to keep the batteries in Turkey, given Russia's actions, but Mr. Stoltenberg played down that possibility...
9th October, 2015 1978

AUSTRALIA READY TO TAKE MORE REFUGEES FROM SYRIA, TONY ABBOTT SAYS

Australia ready to take more refugees from syria tony abbott says...
6th September, 2015 1770

EUROPE MIGRANT CRISIS DOZENS DIE IN HOLD OF LIBYA BOAT

At least 40 migrants are found to have died in the hold of a crowded fishing boat intercepted off the Libyan coast, the Italian navy says...
15th August, 2015 1732

TURKEY DOWNS RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT NEAR SYRIAA??S BORDER

Turkey, which backs rebels seeking Assad's ouster, has at least twice warned Russia about incursions into Turkish airspace...
24th November, 2015 1628

OFFICIALS WHO FOUND A SYRIAN TRAVEL DOCUMENT ON-BOARD BELIEVE THOSE INSIDE SUFFOCATED.

Libyan officials have recovered 105 bodies after a migrant boat sank on Thursday in the Mediterranean Sea...
28th August, 2015 1536

CHAOS IN HUNGARY AS MIGRANTS FORCE BUDAPEST STATION TO EVACUATE

Chaos in Hungary as huge crowd of migrants force Budapest station to evacuate...
2nd September, 2015 1440

IT IS A NARROW STRIP OF TERRITORY, THE HATAY PROVINCE OF TURKEY, THAT RUNS SOUTH ALONG THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, DEEP INTO SYRIA.

Range of Frustrations Reached Boil as Turkey Shot Down Russian Jet...
25th November, 2015 1433

EGYPTAIR FLIGHT MS804 MISSING PASSENGER PLANE DISAPPEARS FROM RADAR OVER MEDITERRANEAN SEA

EgyptAir flight MS804 crash Military searching for wreckage in Mediterranean Sea, officials say...
19th May, 2016 1427

THIS YEAR'S GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER CHARITY APPEAL IS FOR REFUGEES.

Our appeal will raise money for six brilliant charities helping refugees and asylum seekers...
25th November, 2015 1419

GERMANY EXPECTS TO TAKE IN 800,000 REFUGEES AND SAYS IT WILL SPEND AT LEAST 6 BILLION EUROS 6.7 BILLION .

Why some countries are obligated to take in refugees...
29th December, 2015 1378

'DISASTER AVERTED' THE BLUE SKY IS LISTED AS A GENERAL CARGO SHIP, FLYING UNDER A MOLDOVAN FLAG.

Europe 31 December 2014 Last updated at 11 54 Share this page Cargo ship carrying '700 migrants' docks in Italy Please turn on JavaScript...
31st December, 2014 1369

ACCORDING TO THE GROUP, ABOUT 240 MIGRANTS LEFT THE LIBYAN PORT CITY OF TOBRUK HEADING FOR ITALY.

Numbers of migrants making the dangerous sea route from Libya to Italy have surged this year...
19th April, 2016 1352

SOME ARE HARASSED UPON THEIR RETURN BY HAMAS, THE ISLAMIST FACTION THAT DOMINATES GAZA, AS SUSPECTED COLLABORATORS WITH ISRAEL.

Separately, the military announced last week that it had destroyed the Israeli side of a tunnel discovered during the summer fight with Hamas...
17th February, 2015 1348

CRACKDOWN IN NIGER FAILS TO DETER MIGRANT SMUGGLERS

As many as 2,000 migrants leave Agadez weekly, the last big stop before reaching Libya, 620 miles away across the scorching sand...
21st August, 2015 1295

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ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER MATTEO RENZI IS HOSTING FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE AND GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL FOR THE TRIO'S SECOND SUCH MINI-SUMMIT SINCE THE SHOCK REFERENDUM RESULT IN JUNE.

The venue for Monday's three-way summit is the tiny island of Ventotene off the coast of Naples...
22nd August, 2016 15

EUROPEAN UNION RESETTLEMENT SCHEMES NEED TO APPLY TO ALL PEOPLE GRANTED ASYLUM, NOT JUST THE SYRIANS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE TURKEY DEAL.

Muammar el-Qaddafi was more blunt about Europe's prejudices in 2010, when he asked the European Union for five billion euros to stop people leaving Libya...
22nd June, 2016 434

THE BLUE FISHING VESSEL, ITS DECK HEAVING WITH PEOPLE, TIPPED OVER ON WEDNESDAY AFTER THE REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS RUSHED TO ONE SIDE ON SPOTTING A RESCUE SHIP.

The Bettica went on to save another 108 refugees and migrants from their dilapidated vessel in a second rescue operation on Wednesday...
26th May, 2016 336

IN GREECE, THE MAIN ENTRY POINT INTO EUROPE, THERE ARE NOW MORE WOMEN AND CHILDREN THAN MEN ARRIVING.

Trump exaggerates the percentage of young, strong men arriving in Europe because of the migration crisis...
16th May, 2016 55

NATO BLOCKADE OF LIBYA TO STEM MIGRANT FLOW GETS OBAMA OK

Libya's new national unity government last week offered to sign up to a Turkey-style deal with Italy to take back migrants...
26th April, 2016 7

LESBOS REFUGEE CAMP CLEANED-UP AHEAD OF POPE'S VISIT

A refugee centre on the Greek island of Lesbos is undergoing a clean-up ahead of a visit from the Pope on Saturday...
16th April, 2016 3

MIGRANTS ON GREECE-MACEDONIA BORDER REFUSE TO GIVE UP HOPE DESPITE EU-TURKEY DEAL

Refugees in Greece's northern border village of Idomeni Photo Xinhua Barcroft Media It's a sea of mud...
18th March, 2016 14

THIS YEAR 347 PEOPLE DIED ATTEMPTING TO REACH GREECE WHILE 141,000 MADE IT - ODDS OF ONE IN 380.

One route would take them from Greece through Albania to the Adriatic coast, from where they would try to reach southern Italy by boat...
9th March, 2016 100

SEEHOFER HAS ACCUSED MERKEL OF CREATING A STRONG MAGNETIC EFFECT WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED SEPT. 4 THAT GERMANY WOULD TAKE IN REFUGEES STRANDED IN OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

IDOMENI, Greece -- The latest developments in Europe's immigration crisis...
21st January, 2016 49

YET IN A YEAR OF UNPARALLELED MIGRATION TO EUROPE, LESBOS HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM A QUIETLY SUBLIME SLICE OF PARADISE TO A MODERN-DAY ELLIS ISLAND.

At first stop on Europea??s refugee trail, a 21st-century Ellis Island is born...
13th December, 2015 330

FRANCE FEARS ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PARIS TERROR ATTACKS

Moscovici EU understands French budget priorities after Paris attacks...
18th November, 2015 10

HUNGARY CLOSES BORDER TO REFUGEES AS TURKEY QUESTIONS EU DEAL TO STEM CRISIS

The Turkish leader also challenged the Europe to take Ankara's bid for EU membership more seriously...
17th October, 2015 651

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