Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya
Incident brings number of people reported dead or missing on the central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484.

Incident brings number of people reported dead or missing on the central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484.








![Gambian Justice Minister and Attorney General Dawda Jallow sits in the courtroom, next to lawyer Arsalan Suleman, as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) starts hearings in a landmark case brought by The Gambia, which accuses Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya, a minority Muslim group, in The Hague, Netherlands, on January 12, 2026 [Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-12T094241Z_1499227565_RC2LZIAI6JY3_RTRMADP_3_MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-WORLD-COURT-1768496092.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Mardini was among 24 volunteer rescuers acquitted by a Greek court on charges of migrant trafficking.
The suspension will take effect on January 21 but does not apply to visitors or short-term visa holders.
About 8 million Venezuelans, or a quarter of the population, have fled their country in recent years.

Tens of thousands of people have crossed into Burundi to escape violence in the eastern DRC.
‘We must live, we must hope’, say returnees who were displaced for a decade from homes in Malam Fatori, Borno State.
Already home to three million Venezuelan refugees, Colombia is worried that over a million more could try to cross over.
Bulldozers flatten refugee housing while Israel approves 126 settler housing units and targets UN agencies.

Every day, dozens of displaced people, mostly women and children, are arriving at a camp near Kosti, Sudan.

Authorities say they don’t have enough food, tents, and equipment to accommodate everyone fleeing Sudan’s war.