TEHRAN, Nov 24_A crowded boat filled with migrants capsized in wind-whipped seas near a tiny Mediterranean island on Saturday, sending them tumbling into the water, said the Italian coastguard , which pulled 149 of them to safety.
TEHRAN, May 7 - The Libyan coastguard on Sunday prevented a rescue ship belonging to two NGOs from approaching a boat in distress carrying refugees, an AFP photographer witnessed.