Global shares hit hard by Greek worries, G7 inaction

Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 2011, 14:46

World shares fell close to 1.5 percent on Monday with European equities tumbling more than 2 percent as investors worried that Greece would default amid signs of disagreement among euro zone policymakers.

Ferry sinks in Indonesia, leaving at least 12 dead

Last Updated: Saturday, August 27, 2011, 14:11

Ninety-three people, including the captain, were rescued, but officials feared others were trapped inside the sunken vessel.

Many missing after boat sinks in Russia`s Volga

Last Updated: Sunday, July 10, 2011, 23:43

Nearly one hundred people remained missing after a tourist boat sank in a broad stretch of Russia`s Volga river on Sunday.

`Ship with 600 migrants sinks off Libya`

Last Updated: Monday, May 9, 2011, 23:49

Many of those fleeing Libya are foreign workers from sub-Sahara Africa.

One killed as ship sinks off Panaji port

Last Updated: Monday, February 21, 2011, 19:15

A ship carrying iron ore sunk off Panaji port killing a sailor on Sunday. Six sailors were rescued.

Sixteen missing as fishing boat sinks in China

Last Updated: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 21:13

At least 16 persons were reported missing after a fishing boat capsised in the stormy waters of the Yangtze River in eastern China.

Offshore natural gas platform sinks off Venezuela

Last Updated: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 23:53

An offshore natural-gas platform sank off Venezuela on Thursday, and 95 workers were rescued safely, the government said.

Five missing after boat sinks off S Korea

Last Updated: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 10:24

Five fishermen were reported missing on Sunday after their boat sank off South Korea`s southeastern port of Busan, officials said.

Cargo ship carrying 83 people sinks off Lebanon

Last Updated: Friday, December 18, 2009, 09:28

A cargo ship carrying 83 crew members and a load of cattle sank off the Lebanese coast in stormy weather, and hours later rescuers had pulled 12 people from the water, officials have said.

Over 100 die in Bangladesh as crowded boat sinks, buses crash

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 13:20

Overcrowding has been cited as the main reason for the boat capsize in Bhola in southern Bangladesh last week where the death toll has touched 76, with more bodies suspected to be still trapped, media reports said Tuesday.

Two dead, 50 missing as Bangladesh ferry sinks

Last Updated: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 00:07

At least two people died and 50 were reported missing after a ferry with several hundred passengers going home for the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival sank in a river in coastal area on Friday night, police said.