Hungary arrests boat captain after deadly accident

Satellite images show the world's largest iceberg, calved from the western Antarctic Peninsula in 2017, now on a collision course with a remote South Atlantic island that is home to thousands of penguins and seals.

Emergency services are currently searching for at least 16 people missing and feared dead, after a Russian trawler, the Onega, sank in the Arctic circle.

Nigerian Professor builds boat from scratch

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Many of the passengers on board are suffering extreme dehydration, and some have already died. The UNHCR has called on governments to immediately rescue the refugees, who have been at sea for more than a week.

At least four victims have been confirmed dead, but rescuers fear more than 150 people could have drowned. A local official said the boat was carrying at least twice as many people as permitted.

A boat carrying at least 160 people capsized on Wednesday night in the Niger River, North-West Nigeria. The incident occurred near the town of Wara, which is on the shores of the Kainji Lake on the border between Niger and Kebbi states

At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier, officials said.

The boat had originally set off towards Europe from the Libyan city of Zuwara. Over 120 migrants were aboard.

Residents of several floods that disrupted Chinese villages in Henan province were evacuated with an emergency boat bridge built overnight.

Rescuers in Bangladesh were searching for survivors after a boat carrying over 40 refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal. The Rohingya were trying to escape the Bhashan Char island camp.

When La Cumbre Vieja began erupting and sending burning lava across huge swathes of land on the western side of La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands, thousands of people were forced to flee. Pensioners Margaretha and Luis were among those who had to leave their homes, and the couple are now taking refuge in their small boat in the port of Tazacorte until it is safe to return.