The boat carrying irregular migrants capsizes off the coast of southern Turkey
Two irregular migrants were killed after their boat had capsized off the coast of southern Turkey, Turkish Coast Guard Command said in a statement on Saturday.
The boat carrying 19 irregular migrants capsized off the coast of the Bodrum district of Turkey’s southwestern Muğla province and two of them, including one infant, were killed, while 17 migrants were rescued, according to the statement.
The Mediterranean crossing continues to be the deadliest migrant route in the world
More than 20,000 migrants have been reported dead or missing since 2013. (ILKHA)
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Hamas on Saturday confirmed the assassination of senior leader Raed Saad, as Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the ceasefire agreement with renewed airstrikes and artillery shelling across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem on Saturday warned that the Israeli occupation poses a direct and ongoing threat to Lebanon, stressing that surrendering to Israeli and American demands would spell the end of the country’s sovereignty.
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A drone attack targeting a United Nations logistics base in Kadugli, the capital of Sudan’s South Kordofan state, killed six UN peacekeepers and injured eight others on Saturday, UN officials confirmed.