PARIS: Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee said Sunday it has relaunched migrant rescue operations off Libya, seven months after it was forced to abandon efforts using its ship Aquarius. SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) “are back at sea with a new vessel, the Ocean Viking, to conduct search and rescue activities in the central […]
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German migrant rescue ship captain moved to secret location after threats
The German captain of a rescue charity ship who angered Italy’s interior minister by bringing African migrants to an Italian island has received threats and been moved to a secret location, the charity she works for said. An Italian judge on Tuesday ordered 31-year-old Carola Rackete released from house arrest where she had been held […]
Iran says US sanctions impeding flood rescue operations
Iran’s foreign minister says US sanctions re-imposed by the Trump administration last year have been the major obstacle to successful rescue efforts for flood-stricken areas of Iran. Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted late Monday that America’s “maximum pressure” policy on Iran “is impeding aid efforts by #IranianRedCrescent to all communities devastated by unprecedented floods.” He says […]
Rescuers search for survivors after Indonesia quake kills 82
Indonesian security forces and emergency workers raced Monday to aid victims of a powerful earthquake on Lombok that killed at least 82 people, as strong aftershocks sparked terror on the holiday island that suffered another deadly quake just a week ago. Rescuers searched for survivors in the rubble of houses, mosques and schools that were […]
Two movies on ‘Thai cave rescue’ in the works
The brave rescue of a Thai youth soccer team trapped in a cave has inspired Hollywood to bring the‘Thai Cave Rescue’ story to the big screen. Two different films about the incident are already in the works. Two production companies are competing to turn the extraordinary incident into a movie. Even before the rescue, […]