Armed forces in Malta have rescued more than 200 migrants from the Mediterranean.
The patrol boats picked them up from two boats that were sinking.
The migrants, whose nationalities have not been revealed, were on the way to Malta when they were rescued.
Authorities say there's been a spike in the number of people leaving countries Algeria and Libya this week because of good weather conditions.
US says it thwarted potential IS-inspired New Year's Eve attack
The US Justice Department said on Friday it thwarted an alleged plan by a North Carolina man to carry out an IS-inspired attack using knives and hammers on New Year’s Eve.
Swiss face painful task of identifying victims of deadly fire
Investigators on Friday set about the painful task of identifying the burned bodies of a blaze that engulfed a crowded bar and killed around 40 people at a New Year's Eve party in the upscale Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana.
Hiker killed in rare suspected mountain lion attack in Colorado
A hiker in Colorado has died in the state's first suspected fatal mountain lion attack in over 25 years, authorities said.
Contaminated water kills 9 and hospitalises 200 in India's Indore city
At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalised in the central Indian city of Indore after a diarrhoea outbreak that officials said was linked to contaminated drinking water, according to a lawmaker and local health authorities.
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