World in brief: October 29, 2024
LIBYA: A boat carrying 13 Egyptian migrants to Europe capsized off the coast, killing all but one of those on board, local authorities and a Libyan group said yesterday.
Al-Abreen, a group that provides humanitarian assistance to migrants in Libya, said on Facebook that the boat had capsized 37 miles east of the city of Tobruk on Monday evening.
GERMANY: The government protested to Iran yesterday over the execution of Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, a resident of the United States who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces, and recalled its ambassador to Berlin for consultations.
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