A migrant ship capsized off the coast of Mauritania on Wednesday, leaving at least 57 people dead.
That's according to the UN migration agency, which said the boat was carrying around 150 migrants at the time of the incident.
"Mauritanian authorities say up to 57 people are dead after a vessel carrying migrants sank off its coast today," the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Twitter.
"Survivors told IOM staff the vessel left The Gambia last Wednesday."
Israel military strikes northern Gaza in heaviest shelling in weeks
Israel bombarded northern Gaza overnight in some of the heaviest shelling in weeks, causing panic amongst residents and flattening neighbourhoods in an area from which the Israeli army had previously down its troops, residents said on Tuesday.
Russian drone attack injures 7 in Ukraine's Odesa, officials say
Russia launched a drone attack on Ukraine that injured seven people in the Black Sea port of Odesa, two of them children, and also targeted Kyiv, the capital, Ukraine's military officials said early on Tuesday.
Indian court extends pre-trial detention of opposition leader Kejriwal
A Delhi court on Tuesday extended the pre-trial detention of Indian opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal until May 7 in a corruption case, the legal news website Live Law reported.
Taiwan rattled by more than 200 quakes, but no major damage
Taiwan's quake-hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than 200 aftershocks late on Monday and early on Tuesday, but only minor damage was reported and no casualties and major chipmaker TSMC said it saw no impact on operations.
Malaysian navy helicopters collide in mid-air, 10 killed
Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday, killing all 10 crew members aboard, the navy said in a statement.
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