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14 crew members rescued after ship sinks off Japan, search on for remaining 8

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14 crew members rescued after ship sinks off Japan, search on for remaining 8

Japan and South Korea’s coast guards were searching Wednesday for eight crew from a cargo ship that sank between the two countries, after 14 others were rescued. “A total of 14 have been rescued,” a spokesman for the Japanese coast guard told AFP. “We don’t know their condition and nationalities yet,” he added, declining to … Read more

Emirati-flagged cargo ship sinks in Persian Gulf off Iran

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Emirati-flagged cargo ship sinks in Persian Gulf off Iran

An Emirati-flagged cargo ship sank Thursday off Iran in the Persian Gulf in poor weather, authorities said, with rescuers attempting to account for all of its 30 crew members. Capt. Nizar Qaddoura, the operations manager of the Salem Al Makrani Cargo company, told The Associated Press that the Al Salmy 6 encountered rough and stormy … Read more