Latest Mediterranean Sea News
20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities recovered the bodies of 20 people who appeared to have drowned after a shipwreck off the country's Mediterranean coastline, near a popular point of departure for migrants attempting to reach Europe by boat. The country's National Guard...
Rescue group saves 11-year-old girl floating alone in the Mediterranean for days after shipwreck
MILAN (AP) — An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was found floating in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, believed to be the only survivor of a shipwrecked migrant boat that had departed from the port of Sfax in Tunisia, a humanitarian group said Thursday. ...
Russia's top military officer gave his US counterpart advance notice of Mediterranean Sea drills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia's top military officer called his U.S. counterpart to give advance warning of Russia's drills in the Mediterranean Sea, officials said Thursday, in what was a rare contact amid high tensions between Moscow and Washington. Russia's General Staff chief, Gen....
Lebanese fishermen hope ceasefire with Israel means normal life returning
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah brought hope for normality back to many in southern Lebanon on Friday, including fishermen who long launched their wooden-hulled single-engine boats into the Mediterranean at dawn. During the last two months of its...
Armed men in speedboats make off with women and children when a migrants' dinghy deflates off Libya
MILAN (AP) — Armed men in two speedboats took off with women and children after a rubber dinghy carrying some 112 migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean Sea started deflating off Libya's coast, a humanitarian aid group said Friday. Dozens of men and boys who were aboard the...
Militia detains 300 migrants in the desert in Libya's effort to contain sea crossings
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libyan military officials said Monday they apprehended hundreds of migrants traversing the country's vast desert hoping to ultimately cross the Mediterranean Sea in pursuit of a better life in Europe. The 444 Brigade, a powerful militia group that operates...
Hans Henken back aboard Team USA catamaran 14 months after he was injured in a crash
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Hans Henken’s sailing career is back at full throttle not quite 14 months after he was knocked unconscious and severely injured when the high-speed catamaran he was controlling in a SailGP race crashed off its foils and nosedived into the Mediterranean waves. The...
Medifast: Q3 Earnings Snapshot
BALTIMORE (AP) — BALTIMORE (AP) — Medifast Inc. (MED) on Monday reported profit of $1.1 million in its third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Baltimore-based company said it had profit of 10 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and amortization costs, came to 35...
2 still missing from migrant boat that sank south of Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rescuers searched the Mediterranean Sea near Greece’s southernmost island Thursday for two people reported missing when a boat carrying 100 migrants sank the previous day, Greece’s Coast Guard said. The body of one man was recovered from the sea Wednesday,...
More than 230 migrants reach Greece in small boats, half via the long route from Libya
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — More than 230 migrants reached Greece in small boats over the past two days, including a rare case of a crossing from north Africa to Greece's southern mainland, authorities said Friday. The arrivals come as Greece's government braces for a potential increase...
