Ship Wreckage

30 migrants missing, 17 rescued in shipwreck off Libya

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – Thirty people are missing and 17 were rescued in the central Mediterranean on Sunday after the boat in which they were travelling from Libya capsized in bad weather, Italy's coastguard said.

After Migrant Shipwreck Off Italy;

Three men arrested on human trafficking charges

TEHRAN, Mar. 01 (MNA) – Three men have been arrested for allegedly trafficking up to 200 people aboard a wooden boat that smashed apart on rocks off southern Italy killing at least 64 people.

More than 100 dead or missing after boat accident in Congo

TEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) – More than 100 people are dead or missing after a boat accident earlier this week on the Congo River in the country’s northwest, officials said Saturday.

At least 172 migrants drowned in central Mediterranean Sea

TEHRAN, Apr. 24 (MNA) – At least 172 people are believed to have drowned in three different shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean Sea, and the number of drowning in the world's deadliest crossing has more than doubled this year.