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Two US Navy pilots shot down over Red Sea in apparent 'friendly fire' incident, US military says

Dec. 22, 2024 00:23 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two U.S. Navy pilots were shot down Sunday over the Red Sea in an apparent “friendly fire” incident, the U.S military said, marking the most serious incident to threaten troops in over a year of America targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. Both...

38 people are dead and over 100 missing in Congo after a ferry capsizes on the Busira River

Dec. 21, 2024 16:38 PM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far. ...

Greek authorities say boat capsizing victims and survivors were from Afghanistan. 2 Turks arrested

Dec. 21, 2024 16:00 PM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's coast guard said Saturday it was searching for survivors or victims of a speedboat capsizing a day earlier involving migrants off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes. The capsizing, the result of the boat’s maneuvering to evade a patrol vessel...

38 people are dead and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry capsizes in the river Busira

Dec. 21, 2024 15:06 PM EST
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — 38 people are dead and over 100 remain missing in Congo after an overloaded ferry capsizes in the river Busira.

8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes

Dec. 20, 2024 11:36 AM EST

ATHENS, Greeece (AP) — A speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving eight dead, Greek authorities said. The coast guard said the incident occurred while the speedboat was carrying out “dangerous maneuvers” to try and...

20 migrants die in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia

Dec. 19, 2024 09:19 AM EST

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...

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's rebel-held capital and port city after Houthi attack targets Israel

Dec. 19, 2024 08:31 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A series of intense Israeli airstrikes shook Yemen's rebel-held capital and a port city early Thursday and killed at least nine people, officials said, shortly after a Houthi missile targeted central Israel. Thursday’s strikes risk further...

At least 25 are killed and dozens are missing after an overcrowded boat capsizes in Congo

Dec. 17, 2024 18:33 PM EST

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, officials and local residents said. The vessel was believed to have more than 100 passengers on board after...

At least 25 people are dead and dozens are missing after a boat capsizes in central Congo, officials and residents say

Dec. 17, 2024 16:01 PM EST
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — At least 25 people are dead and dozens are missing after a boat capsizes in central Congo, officials and residents say.

The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own death moves to end their marriage

Dec. 12, 2024 13:53 PM EST

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could leave her and their children and meet a woman in Eastern Europe filed court documents Thursday seeking to end their marriage. Online court records indicate Emily Borgwardt filed a petition...