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May 19, 2026
A Maldives government spokesperson said that the 'bodies' of two Italian divers who died in a scuba-diving accident have been recovered. Meanwhile, efforts are continuing to recover the remains of another two Italian divers. The five divers entered a deepwater cavern last week.
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May 18, 2026
The bodies of four Italian scuba divers who were'missing' after an accident in underwater caverns have been found by a specialized team, Maldives officials said and DAN Europe divers network announced on Monday. DAN Europe stated that the Finnish…
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May 18, 2026
The DAN Europe Divers' Network announced that three Finnish cave divers will join a team in the Maldives on Monday in order to search for and recover the bodies of four Italian scuba divers killed in an underwater cave accident. DAN Europe, in a statement…
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May 13, 2026
British police said on Wednesday that they had recovered the bodies of three women from the sea at Brighton. They were now working to determine how this "tragic event" occurred. Local media reported that multiple emergency vehicles, a lifeboat…
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May 11, 2026
Malaysia's maritime agency?launched? a search-and-rescue?operation to find 14 people who are missing after a sunk?boat carrying undocumented Indonesian migrants sank on its west coast. In a statement, maritime director Mohamad Shkri Khotob stated…
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May 9, 2026
At least 11 people were injured in what was described by a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as a "possible boat explosion" on Saturday near a popular tourist destination close to Miami Beach. * Miami-Dade?Fire Rescue was notified at 12:48?p.m. of a?possible explosive.
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April 29, 2026
Libyan Red Crescent and Libyan Security?Sources reported on Wednesday that at least 17 migrants were killed and nine are missing after their boat drifted in the 'Mediterranean Sea for eight days. In a press release, the Red Crescent stated that…
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April 22, 2026
The Tobruk Red Crescent reported that the eastern coast guard of Libya's?Libyan National Army?rescued 404 migrants on 10 boats after they had "experienced harsh conditions" at sea. Tobruk, a coastal town in eastern Libya near the border with Egypt is called Tobruk.
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April 20, 2026
Three Libyan sources as well as the International Organization for Migration said that four migrants were rescued more than five days after the boat that was supposed to take them to Europe capsized near Libya. Thirty-one migrants are still missing.
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April 19, 2026
?U.S. U.S. Southern Command announced on Sunday that forces had killed 'three men who the military described as 'illicit drug smugglers. * 'Southern Command' posted a video it?claimed was of the strike - on social media platform X. It showed an exploding?small?boat traveling _on open water.
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April 15, 2026
A Rohingya refugee has described a terrifying journey on the sea after an overcrowded boat carrying Bangladeshi and refugees capsized in Andaman Sea. Around 250 people are still missing. According to the United Nations Refugee and Migration agencies…
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April 14, 2026
The United Nations' refugee and immigration?agencies announced in a joint statement that around 250 people are missing after a boat carrying Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees capsized in the Andaman sea. UN agencies reported that the trawler…
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April 13, 2026
Shanta Knowles, the?Police commissioner of The Bahamas?, said on Monday that a 59-year old Michigan man had been?released? by police after his wife went missing while sailing in The Bahamas. The arrest of Brian?Hooker by the Bahamian Police on April 8…
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April 11, 2026
The National Crime Agency of Britain announced a charge against a Sudanese 27-year old man for endangering life after four migrants died this week while trying to cross the Channel on a small vessel from France to Britain. The NCA which investigates…
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April 10, 2026
Authorities said that British police arrested a Sudanese man on suspicion of endangering life after four migrants drowned while trying to 'cross the Channel from France...to....Britain in a small boat. Britain's National Crime Agency, which investigates organised crime…
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April 9, 2026
French authorities announced a search-and-rescue operation after a?small boat?carrying migrants attempting to reach Britain went down in the Channel. A taxi-boat sank today. The situation is still under assessment and could change, local French authorities said in a press statement.
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April 6, 2026
MOSCOW, 6 April - The state news agency TASS reported on Monday that a Russian ship carrying grain believed to?have sunk after a Ukrainian drone strike has been located?and towed?to?shore. Meanwhile, the death?toll has risen to?three, the report said.
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April 5, 2026
One person was killed and two others were missing after a cargo ship, carrying wheat, sank on the Sea of Azov, according to a 'Russian-installed' official. Vladimir Saldo is the leader installed by Moscow in the Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine's Kherson Region.
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April 1, 2026
Rescue officials and migrants rescue charities reported that the Italian coast?guard had recovered the bodies and rescued 58 surviving migrants from a boat which broke down while trying to 'cross -to Europe? from Libya. A spokesperson for MSF…
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April 1, 2026
Rescue?officials, and migrant rescue charities said that the Italian coast guard recovered 19 bodies and rescued 58 survivors after a boat broke down while trying to reach Europe from Libya. A spokesperson for MSF and the International Organization for Migration said that some of the victims…
