An Italian Navy

An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy.

At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a boat off Italy Saturday as the EU struggled to cope with "the worst refugee crisis since World War II", with thousands making dangerous crossings to reach Italy and Greece.

Around 6,800 migrants were rescued from overcrowded boats crossing to Europe over the weekend, including a mother who gave birth to a baby girl on an Italian navy ship, the coast guard said.

The captain of a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean's deadliest disaster in decades was arrested today on suspicion of causing the deaths of an estimated 800 people.

Italy has said that it is willing to lead an international coalition against jihadists in Libya, as it began repatriating its citizens from the troubled north African country.

The burnt-out wreck of the Norman Atlantic ferry was on Thursday on its way back to Italy, for an inspection aimed at establishing the full scale of the disaster.

Two Albanian seamen who took part in the rescue operation for the Norman Atlantic ferry have died from injuries incurred in an accident, the Italian navy said today.

Italian police have released footage of inside the ghostly shell of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, ahead of an operation to float and remove the wreck from the Tuscan island of Giglio.

The Italian navy rescued nearly 500 migrants, including 100 children, in an all-night operation yesterday that highlighted the increasing number of minors venturing out on the dangerous sea journey to Europe.

India summoned the Italian envoy on Thursday to voice concern over the killing of two fishermen by security officials of an Italian cargo vessel and underlined that the captain of the ship should cooperate withIndia on Thursday summoned the Italian envoy to voice concern over the killing of two fishermen by security officials of an Italian cargo ve...

An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy.

At least 40 migrants died in the hold of a boat off Italy Saturday as the EU struggled to cope with "the worst refugee crisis since World War II", with thousands making dangerous crossings to reach Italy and Greece.

Around 6,800 migrants were rescued from overcrowded boats crossing to Europe over the weekend, including a mother who gave birth to a baby girl on an Italian navy ship, the coast guard said.

The captain of a migrant boat that capsized in the Mediterranean's deadliest disaster in decades was arrested today on suspicion of causing the deaths of an estimated 800 people.

Italy has said that it is willing to lead an international coalition against jihadists in Libya, as it began repatriating its citizens from the troubled north African country.

The burnt-out wreck of the Norman Atlantic ferry was on Thursday on its way back to Italy, for an inspection aimed at establishing the full scale of the disaster.

Two Albanian seamen who took part in the rescue operation for the Norman Atlantic ferry have died from injuries incurred in an accident, the Italian navy said today.

Italian police have released footage of inside the ghostly shell of the Costa Concordia cruise ship, ahead of an operation to float and remove the wreck from the Tuscan island of Giglio.

The Italian navy rescued nearly 500 migrants, including 100 children, in an all-night operation yesterday that highlighted the increasing number of minors venturing out on the dangerous sea journey to Europe.

India summoned the Italian envoy on Thursday to voice concern over the killing of two fishermen by security officials of an Italian cargo vessel and underlined that the captain of the ship should cooperate withIndia on Thursday summoned the Italian envoy to voice concern over the killing of two fishermen by security officials of an Italian cargo ve...