New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI): Indian Navy Ship (INS) Tabar undertook a maritime partnership exercise with Egyptian Navy Ship Alexandria, a frontline frigate of the Egyptian Navy, in the Mediterranean Sea.
Tripoli [Libya], August 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Some 400 illegal migrants were rescued and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday.
New Delhi, July 1 (ANI): Indian Navy Ship Tabar has undertaken a sea drill with Greek Navy frigate HS Themistoklis in the Mediterranean sea, said Indian Navy statement.
Rome [Italy], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Seven undocumented migrants have drowned as a result of a shipwreck near Italy's Lampedusa Island while trying to flee from Africa to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, media reported on Wednesday.
Tripoli [Libya], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Friday said that some 200 illegal migrants have been returned to Libya.
Rome [Italy], April 25 (ANI/Sputnik): Pope Francis on Sunday mourned the casualties of the recent hospital fire in Baghdad as well as the death of 130 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
Rome [Italy], February 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Italian coast guard said on Saturday it saved over 40 irregular migrants on board a boat that capsized off the Lampedusa island in the Mediterranean Sea, with the search operation for the remaining survivors still underway.
Tripoli [Libya], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday said that nearly 300 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
East Midnapur (West Bengal) [India], July 30 (ANI): A rare Giant Devil Ray weighing 600 kilograms was caught by an Odisha fisherman and brought to the Digha coast in West Bengal on Wednesday.
Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 13 (ANI): The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized 250 Kg beedi leaves worth 3 lakhs floating in the Mediterranean sea on Monday.
Athens [Greece], Mar 21 (Sputnik/ANI): A 5.4 magnitude earthquake struck the northwestern part of Greece on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
Rabat [Morocco], Aug 30 (ANI): As many as 156 Europe-bound migrants were rescued by Moroccan coast guards from the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, country's army said.