In the framework of its normal operations and tasks inside Qatari waters, patrols of the General Directorate of Coasts and Borders Security stopped two Bahraini boats on Wednesday afternoon ...

At least nine boats carrying more than 600 migrants have been seized off the Libya coast in the span of 48 hours, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said ...

The worst floods in a century in Kerala have killed hundreds of people, left dozens missing and about a million sheltering in temporary camps.

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, in releasing details of the conservative government's classified "Operation Sovereign Borders", said the controversial policy had saved lives.

One main boat carrying around 20 people accompanied by a group of smaller ones departed from the fishermen's port in Gaza City, organisers said.

Two dragon boats practising to race on a river in China have overturned and 17 people drowned, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

Paris was on high alert on Saturday as the swollen Seine continued to creep higher, with forecasters warning the river could stay high throughout next week, especially if more rain is dumped on France.

Wakrah Municipality, with help from the pupils of Al Salam Primary School for girls, also undertook cleaning of Al Wakrah Family Beach.

Floods and landslides in Sri Lanka have killed at least 25 people while dozens are missing after torrential rain, officials said on Friday, as soldiers fanned out in boats and in helicopters to help with rescue operations.

Libya has seized two foreign-flagged oil tankers and detained their crews for allegedly smuggling fuel after an hours-long gunbattle off the west coast, authorities said.

Dragon boat races are becoming a popular team building activity for many companies in the country, Qatar Dragon Boat Festival 2017's event organiser Cherri Lee told Gulf Times.

Some 110 abandoned vehicles, equipment and boats were removed by Al Wakrah Municipality and 24 by their owners in August.