Some of the bodies found on mystery vessels are believed to be those of North Korean soldiers.

At its departure, the boat embarked 39 people, but they took more passengers on board along the way, said a government spokesperson.

At least 14 people have died and 200 rescued after a boat reportedly capsized in the Mediterranean, some 160km south of the island of Lampedusa.

Over 300 people have been feared dead after a boat, believed to be carrying around 500 people – mostly Eritreans and Somalis – capsized.

More than half of the 60 migrants who died after their boat sank off Turkey’s west coast on Thursday were children, a district official told Reuters.

The death toll of a ferry accident in Bangladesh has risen to 112 as rescue workers and divers continue to pull scores of bodies from the wreckage.

Rescuers have saved 219 people from the waters off the coast of Papua New Guinea after a ferry carrying over 300 passengers sank in bad weather.

Italian rescue workers have been searching for almost 40 people still missing a day after a cruise ship capsized just off Italy’s west coast.

Three people have died and several went missing after a cruise ship accident off an Italian island sparked chaos as passengers tried to get off.

Zimbabwean police have arrested the owner of the boat that capsized on Christmas Day, killing 11 children, on charges of culpable homicide.

About 150 migrants heading to Italy drowned when their ship capsized off the Tunisian coast, the International Organisation for Migration has said.

An overloaded boat capsized on the Ugandan side of Lake Albert overnight, killing at least 33 people, police said on Monday.

Double-amputee ”blade runner” Oscar Pistorius is in a satisfactory condition following a boating accident last week, Gauteng police said on Wednesday.

”Blade Runner” Oscar Pistorius is in good spirits as he recovers from surgery after his boating accident, Milpark Hospital said on Monday.