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  Five US crew members killed after military chopper crashes over eastern Mediterranean Sea

  World | November 13, 2023 9:06 IST

  The US European Command said that all five crew members aboard the ill-fated military helicopter were killed after it went down during an air refuelling mission. The USS Gerald R Ford aircraft carrier is also operating in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.

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  US military aircraft goes down over eastern Mediterranean Sea

  World | November 12, 2023 6:34 IST

  According to the officials, the Air Force sent additional squadrons to the region and the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which has an array of aircraft on board, has also been operating in the eastern Mediterranean.

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  62 illegal immigrants deported by Libya to Chad and Sudan

  World | November 18, 2019 9:30 IST

  Libya's Immigration Control Department in the eastern city of Benghazi announced the deportation of 62 illegal immigrants to Chad and Sudan

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  Rio fever: Meet ‘refugee’ athlete Yusra Mardini who ‘swam’ from Syria to the Olympics

  Other Sports | August 06, 2016 10:59 IST

  Recounting the horror she and her elder sister had to face when an overloaded boat started to sink as they were crossing the Mediterranean to Greece, Yusra Mardini (18), who is a member of first

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  Another migrant tragedy in Mediterranean; 4 dead, at least 300 missing after boat carrying 700 capsizes

  World | June 03, 2016 17:04 IST

  Athens (Greece): Three bodies were recovered and 302 people rescued on Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying at least 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea off the Greek island of Crete. The International Organization

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  Mediterranean Sea disasters swallow up over 1,000 migrants

  World | May 31, 2016 23:25 IST

  The treacherous Mediterranean Sea crossing from Libya to Italy has claimed the lives of over 1,030 migrants in the last week

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  700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean shipwrecks, says U.N. refugee agency

  World | May 29, 2016 19:06 IST

  Pozzallao, Italy: Over 700 migrants are feared dead in three Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks south of Italy in the last few days as they tried desperately to reach Europe in unseaworthy smuggling boats, the U.N. refugee

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  EgyptAir flight debris found along with passengers' belongings, claims army

  World | May 20, 2016 18:46 IST

  Cairo: Egyptian air and naval forces have found some of the passengers’ “personal belongings” and debris of EgyptAir flight 804, which crashed while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, the army said

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  Syrian refugee allows smugglers to rape his wife as payment

  World | January 08, 2016 11:35 IST

  New Delhi: A Syrian man who had run out of money allegedly allowed smugglers to rape his wife as payment for his family being trafficked to Europe.The unidentified woman and a mother-of-four children, is now

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  24 confirmed dead, hundreds missing as boat carrying 700 migrants capsizes off Libyan coast

  World | April 19, 2015 18:52 IST

  Rome: A boat believed to be crowded with 700 migrants capsized in the waters north of Libya overnight, leaving at least 24 confirmed dead and sparking fears for what could become the Mediterranean's deadliest known

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  Over 700 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast

  World | April 19, 2015 16:25 IST

  Rome: A boat crowded with migrants capsized in the sea north of Libya overnight, leaving at least 24 confirmed dead with the death toll expected to rise into the hundreds, Italy's Coast Guard said Sunday.The

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  Italy saves over 300 migrants at sea; Ten die

  World | June 15, 2014 6:37 IST

  Rome: The Italian coast guard and navy have rescued more than 300 migrants whose boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea and recovered the bodies of 10 migrants whose dinghy had overturned.Naval official Salvatore

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  Iran Warships Enter Mediterranean, Says Naval Commander

  World | February 19, 2012 12:58 IST

  Tehran, Feb 19 : Iranian warships entered the Mediterranean Sea after crossing the Suez Canal on Saturday in a move aimed at showing Iran's “might” to regional countries, navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari said.“The strategic