Taiwanese fishing boats head to the disputed East China Sea islands, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu Islands in Chinese, September 24, 2012. Taiwan sends boats to waters around disputed islands. Dozens of Taiwanese vessels and coastguard ships have entered waters around a disputed island chain also claimed by the world’s second and third largest economies, China and Japan. “Tens of... 

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...