CAIRO (AFP) - Scuffles erupted at an Egyptian court on Sunday when five of six defendants were cleared of blame for a 2006 ferry sinking in which more than 1,000 people died, Egypt’s worst maritime disaster. Hysterical relatives voiced

A ferry carrying over 700 passengers has partially sunk off the coast of the central Philippines after being battered by huge waves caused by a typhoon, reports and officials said Sunday. The ill-fated ferry was stranded in wind-whipped

At least 36 people are confirmed dead and many more missing after a ferry carrying nearly 150 passengers capsized in Bangladesh, a police official said on Tuesday. "So far we have recovered 36 bodies from inside the ferry and efforts