A cargo ship has run aground on Istanbul’s coast, prompting authorities to close Bosphorus strait.
There were no reports of injuries or casualties.
The Liberian-flagged Songa Iridum, which was headed for Istanbul's port of Ambarli from Ukraine's Odessa, reported of an engine failure shortly before the collision.


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