Families of missing in Greece migrant boat disaster plead for recovery of bodies
Athens, GreeceReuters Since Matloob Hussain from Pakistan went missing during a deadly shipwreck off Greece last month, his brother Adil has left the door of his Athens home open in the hope he appears. It will stay open until his body is found. Matloob, 43, is among hundreds of migrants from Pakistan, Syria and Egypt […]
New Zealand recovery teams return to volcanic island, two remain missing; death toll rises to 16
Melbourne, AustraliaReuters New Zealand recovery teams returned to the volcanic White Island on Sunday but were unable to locate two remaining bodies in their search, as the death toll from Monday’s eruption rose to 16, police said. Authorities said eight police search and rescue staff were deployed for 75 minutes to an area in which […]
Volcano “behaving” as New Zealand launches high-risk mission to recover bodies
WhakataneReuters A New Zealand military team landed on a volcanic island on Friday morning to recover the bodies of eight people killed in an eruption this week, and police said the high-risk operation was going smoothly but slowly amid the risk of a fresh eruption. White Island, located about 50 kilometres off the east coast […]