A ship belonging to Spanish non-governmental organization Proactiva Open Arms, which was rejected by several EU states and is now sailing in the central Mediterranean, took 39 more migrants on board, the charity said on Saturday

US actor Richard Gere personally delivered food to the Spanish rescue ship Open Arms, which is drifting in the Central Mediterranean for the eighth consecutive day with 121 people on board as it continues to be refused permission to dock in any European port, the Spanish non-governmental organization that operates the vessel said on Friday

The Finnish government announced on Thursday that it would take in five asylum seekers who have been saved at sea and currently stay in Malta

Ten years ago, the Arctic Sea merchant cargo ship with a crew of 15 Russians was captured by a group of eight Estonians, Latvians and Russians while en route from Finland to Algeria

Three accused men will stand trial over the 2017 murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, the Malta Independent newspaper reported on Tuesday