Shipwreck captain `jumped off` sinking Costa Concordia

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 19:54

A trainee officer on board the Costa Concordia when it sank off an Italian island last year told a court on Monday that the captain jumped to safety.

Shipwreck survivors protest ahead of ceremony for drowned

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 20:36

Survivors of Italy`s asylum shipwreck disaster held a sit-in at Lampedusa`s refugee centre on Monday, demanding to be taken to Sicily to join in a memorial ceremony for the victims.

Egypt boat wreck: 12 migrants drown to death

Last Updated: Friday, October 11, 2013, 21:05

A boat has capsized near the Egyptian port of Alexandria on Friday killing 12 migrants mostly from Syria and Palestine.

Italy shipwreck death toll reaches above 300

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 11:30

Over 300 deaths, including that of 83 women and nine children, have been confirmed in last week`s boat tragedy, authorities said Wednesday.

EU`s Barroso heckled on Italy refugee shipwreck island

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 17:53

European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso was heckled as he arrived on a remote Italian island on Wednesday, where the death of over 300 African migrants last week has highlighted the EU`s flawed asylum policy.

Italy shipwreck horror: ‘Wall of bodies’ found in ship, toll rises to 250

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 16:09

A ‘wall’ of bodies were reportedly found by divers from the hull of the ship that was carrying Eritrean and Somali migrants and had capsized off the island of Lampedusa.

Italy shipwreck horror: ‘Wall of bodies’ found in ship carrying migrants

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 16:09

A ‘wall’ of bodies were reportedly found by divers from the hull of the ship that was carrying Eritrean and Somali migrants and had capsized off the island of Lampedusa.

Italy migrant death toll reaches at least 185

Last Updated: Sunday, October 6, 2013, 21:17

An Italian government minister born in Africa watched wordlessly on Sunday as soldiers carried bags containing the bodies of would-be asylum seekers from her native continent who perished when their packed fishing boat sank within sight of the tiny island of Lampedusa.

Divers hope to resume search in migrant boat tragedy

Last Updated: Saturday, October 5, 2013, 20:39

Italian divers hoped to resume the search for bodies today after a Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy in which 111 African asylum-seekers have been confirmed dead and scores more are missing.

Costa Concordia shipwreck: Five found guilty

Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 19:03

An Italian court has convicted five people of manslaughter over the deadly 2012 Costa Concordia shipwreck off Italy on Saturday, BBC reported.

BJP MLA alleges fraud in sale of shipwreck scrap in Goa

Last Updated: Monday, April 1, 2013, 17:12

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday promised an inquiry into alleged fraud in the sale of scrap generated by the breaking of a ship that had run aground at Candolim beach.