A shocking video shows stunned tourists looking on in fear as a boat load of migrants invade a beach before running away to evade police in Cadiz, Spain. The clip shows a large group of migrants approaching the beach on a black inflatable dinghy before they make a dash across the sand in a bid to escape authorities. “Run! Run!” one woman exclaims in Spanish before asking, “What is it? Men?” She... 

The world’s first self-fueling boat has set off from Paris on a journey around the world that is expected to take six years. The world’s first self-fueling boat left dock in Paris on Saturday, the beginning of a voyage which French engineers hope could mark the start of a revolution in seafaring technology. The boat is called Energy Observer and it generates its own power via solar panels,... 

A tourist boat carrying around 150 people has sunk in the Penol reservoir in northwest Colombia, the country’s air force confirmed, saying that a search and rescue operation is under way. So far three people have been confirmed dead, and 30 remain missing, the director of the National Police, General Jorge Hernando Nieto, told local media. The majority of passengers were swiftly aided by numerous... 

Many boats have left North Africa and have been heading to the Italian island of Lampedusa – such as these migrants who arrived earlier this year in February. More than 4,000 migrants have arrived on Europe’s shores by boat in the past two days, with the Italian government calling the crisis ‘increasingly glaring’. The emergency comes days after Italy’s Home Secretary Angelino... 

A boat of illegal immigrants on its way to Greece At least 20 bodies have been retrieved following an incident where a small boat carrying illegal immigrants traveling to Greece capsized near the eastern island of Lesvos. Officials say the National Greek Coast Guard has found the bodies at sea and is searching for survivors. The boat reportedly departed from the Turkish coast, carrying at least 27... 

A boat carrying Tunisian migrants enters the port of Lampedusa, Italy. About 50 illegal migrants, including women and children, have been feared dead after their boat sank off the coast of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa. Italian rescue services said on Friday that search operation continued by the coastguard who had called on private vessels and teams to join them, AFP reported. Earlier in... 

Rescuers at the scene of a refugee boat accident near Australia’s Christmas Island. A boat carrying 130 asylum-seekers has capsized near Australia’s Christmas Island in a second such incident this week. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority announced earlier that two merchant vessels had been dispatched to the scene on a rescue operation. Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said at least... 

A boat has sunk off the Sudanese coast killing 197 illegal immigrants. A boat carrying illegal immigrants to Saudi Arabia has sunk off the Sudanese coast in the Red Sea, killing at least 197 people, Sudanese media say. “One hundred and ninety seven people from neighboring countries drowned in the Red Sea, inside Sudanese territorial waters, following the burning of a boat that was illegally transporting... 

Chinese hold anti-Japan protests over boat incident on sensitive political anniversary. Protesters in several cities across China marked a politically sensitive anniversary Saturday with anti-Japan chants and banners, as authorities tried to stop anger over a diplomatic spat between the Asian giants from getting out of control. As some chanted “Wipe out the Japanese devils!” and stamped... 

A Somali teenager arrived to face what are believed to be the first piracy charges in the United States in more than a century, smiling but saying nothing as he was led into a federal building under heavy guard. Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, the sole surviving Somali pirate from the hostage-taking of an American ship captain, was to appear in a courtroom Tuesday on what were expected to be piracy and hostage-taking...