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Migrants drown, many go missing as boat sinks off Tunisia

Boat capsizes during a clandestine attempt to reach Italy, leaving eight Tunisians dead and 15 others unaccounted for.

More than 150 migrants detained after Tunisia boat disasters

Tunisian authorities detain 155 migrants and refugees of different African nationalities after thwarting five illegal crossings off the coast of Sfax, state news agency reports.

Dozen dead, many missing as refugee boats sink off Tunisia

Four boats carrying at least 120 African migrants sank off Tunisia's coast killing 12 and ten more are still missing while 98 have been rescued.

Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, killing at least two people

The boat sank 10 kilometres from the coastline near the city of Sfax, a member of the coastguard said. Rescue operations are continuing.

Scores of migrants drown off Tunisia coast – state media

Boat sinks 40 nautical miles off the coast of Sfax, south of the capital Tunis, Tunis Afrique Presse agency reports.

More than 50 migrants drown in the Mediterranean

Most of those who drowned, drowned off the coast of Tunisia and Turkey, but final number of those who died in the ill-fated Mediterranean crossings could still rise.

Suspected Mossad assassination of Hamas drone chief in Tunisia

After a Tunisian aviation engineer was executed in his car, Hamas has accused Israeli intelligence of killing the man who was discretely overseeing the development of its fledgling drone programme.