The pontiff said he hoped to visit the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, where his predecessor first traveled as pontiff, "soon, ...

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 13 - At least 26 migrants drowned after two boats capsized off Lampedusa Wednesday, rescuers said. Some 26 bodies have been recovered and there are 30-40 missing and 6o survivors.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Wednesday that several migrants died in a boat accident off the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa. Filippo Ungaro, a spokesman for the ...

Sixty people survived after two boats with nearly 100 migrants capsized. The causes of the shipwrecks were not clear, Italian officials and U.N. agencies said. The death toll is likely to grow. By ...

LAMPEDUSA, Italy, Aug 14 (Reuters) - At least 26 people died in a migrant shipwreck on Wednesday off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa and 60 survivors were brought ashore, the coastguard said, ...

ROME (AP) — A boat carrying nearly 100 migrants capsized Wednesday in international waters off the Italian island of Lampedusa, killing at least 26 people and leaving about a dozen missing, the ...