Italy on Sunday authorised charity vessel Ocean Viking to transfer 180 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to a ship in Sicily for quarantine. They have been on the Ocean Viking for over a week, with fights and suicide attempts on board prompting the charity to declare a state of emergency on Friday.

Italy to transfer migrants rescued in Mediterranean to ship for quarantine

The Eastern Mediterranean has become a flash-point for the meshing of geopolitics, the struggle for regional hegemony, battles for control of resources, religious soft power rivalry, and blatant interference in the politics of others.

Eastern Mediterranean region: A microcosm of regional and global battles

The organisation running a charity ship in the Mediterranean voiced hope Wednesday for a safe port for its 356 rescued migrants after another NGO vessel docked in Italy, ending a week-long standoff.

Charity ship seeks port for 356 rescued migrants in the Mediterranean

The UK had seized grace 1 on July 4 in the Mediterranean

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Libya's Red Crescent said Friday its rescue workers had recovered the bodies of 62 migrants a day after one of the deadliest shipwrecks this year in the Mediterranean.

Rescuers retrieve 62 migrant bodies from capsized boat off Libya

A private search vessel has located a French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean more than 50 years ago, officials said Monday, raising hopes the mystery over the disappearance can finally be solved.

French submarine lost in 1968 located in Mediterranean

Three men will face trial in Malta for their alleged involvement in the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia after the island's attorney general issued a bill of indictment against them, court officials said on Tuesday.

Malta sends three suspects for trial on charges of killing anti-corruption journalist

Migrants are human beings who symbolise all those rejected by globalisation, Pope Francis told a special mass on Monday, saying "the weakest and most vulnerable must be helped".

Pope Francis says migrants symbol of 'all who are rejected by globalisation'

Iran demanded Friday that Britain immediately release an oil tanker it has detained in Gibraltar, accusing it of acting at the bidding of the United States. A senior foreign ministry official "described the UK move as unacceptable" in a meeting with British ambassador Rob Macaire, who had been summoned to hear a formal protest, the ministry said in a statement.

Iran demands Britain release oil tanker held in Gibraltar

A Maltese armed forces patrol boat picked up more than 200 migrants from two dinghies in the Mediterranean and was bringing them to Malta on Saturday, a spokesman said.

Malta rescues 216 migrants in upsurge of Mediterranean crossings

More than 2,000 migrants have died since January trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the UN said Tuesday, adding that more than half of them were headed for Italy.

More than 2,000 migrants drown in Mediterranean this year: UN

Spain's new Socialist government has offered to take in the 629 migrants aboard the Aquarius rescue ship that was stranded in the Mediterranean after Italy and Malta refused to let it dock

Migrants in Spain find difficult situation

The service said its rescue boats intercepted 115 migrants travelling in five small boats in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday, a day after it pulled 293 migrants from nine vessels

Spain rescues over 400 migrants in Mediterranean

Among the migrants was a mother of a three-year-old who clung to her as she drowned

64 feared dead after smuggling boat sinks in Mediterranean

Russia has started establishing a permanent military presence at naval and air bases in Syria, Russian defence minister said on Tuesday

Russia establishes permanent presence at Syrian bases, report

More than 33,000 migrants have died at sea trying to reach European shores since 2000, making the Mediterranean "by far the world's deadliest border", the United Nations migration agency said on Friday

Mediterranean 'by far world's deadliest border' for migrants: UN agency

The five dead bodies were recovered from a rubber dinghy

Mediterranean rescuers save 550 migrants at sea, recover five bodies

At least 14 migrants drown in the Mediterranean during a dramatic rescue mission that saved thousands

Italian coast guard rescues 2,400 migrants off Libya

The counter kicked off with 3,034, which is the total number of migrants and refugees who have died in 2016 while crossing the Mediterranean

Barcelona unveils 'shame counter' that tracks refugee deaths

The migrants from Nigeria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Bangladesh were trying to cross over to Italy

Rescuers save 366 migrants from dinghies in Mediterranean, at least 20 dead

Experts are still investigating the cause of the May 19 crash of the Airbus A320 which went down in the eastern Mediterranean

Probable EgyptAir crash debris recovered on Israeli beach

The sinking, in which 500 people died, had been one of the worst known disasters involving migrants trying to reach Europe by ship

Italy recovers 217 bodies from 2015 shipwreck

More than 10,000 people have died crossing the Mediterranean to Europe in overcrowded boats since 2014, according to UN figures

5,000 migrants rescued from rubber dingies in Mediterranean

Three bodies have been recovered so far by the Greek rescue teams south of the island of Crete

Greece rescues hundreds as migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean

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