Around 250 people are feared missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals capsized in the Andaman Sea, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Read More: UN urges India to investigate claims of rohingya refugees thrown into the sea The vessel was reportedly travelling from Teknaf in southern Bangladesh to Malaysia […]
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30 dead after boat capsizes in Nigeria
Thirty people drowned when an overloaded boat capsized in central Nigeria’s Niger state, an emergency official told AFP Monday. The boat ferrying 100 local traders split into two after hitting a stump during a windstorm as they were returning from a market on Saturday, said Ibrahim Audu Hussein, the spokesman for Niger state emergency agency. […]
Five more bodies found after deadly Thai tourist boat sinking
Recovery divers pulled five more bodies from the sea off the Thai holiday island of Phuket on Saturday, 48 hours after a boat capsized in rough waters killing dozens of Chinese passengers. Many of the dead were found drifting in the sea, still wearing life jackets, several kilometres (miles) from where the Phoenix went down […]