World Italy says 2,500 boat migrants rescued at sea in three days

  ROME, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Almost 2,500 boat migrants were rescued in the past three days, the Italian Coast Guard said on Thursday, as this year’s arrivals already far outpace the record-setting 2016. Some 1,100 were plucked from nine flimsy vessels off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the Coast Guard said, after a […]

Bodies of 74 migrants heading to Europe wash up in Libya Feb. 21, 2017 Updated 6:25 a.m.

  CAIRO – At least 74 bodies of African migrants have washed ashore in western Libya, the Libyan Red Crescent said Tuesday, the latest tragedy at sea along a perilous trafficking route to Europe. The bodies were found near the western Libyan city of Zawiya on Monday, Red Crescent spokesman Mohammed al-Misrati told The Associated […]

In Red Sea, Gulf states look to block Iran’s expansion

    Moves by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to expand their military reach across the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden have long-term objectives, most prominent among them blocking Iranian ad­vances in a region that has become increasingly strategic in the strug­gle between the Arab monarchies and the Islamic Republic. The […]