Greek authorities rescued 145 migrants after crews found them stranded on a small island in a river that runs along Turkey's northeastern land border, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The group of migrants were made up of 70 men, 45 women and 30 children who were all healthy. The rescue began after Greek authorities were alerted about the migrants' location. The boat, which was up to an estimated 750 migrants, was heading for Italy and refused help when the Greek coast guard attempted to aid them. Historically, the Evros River, where the migrants were found Thursday, is a common crossing point for migrants who are traveling from Turkey to Greece.

Azhar Siddique, the head of the Judicial Activism Panel, has proposed the formation of a judicial commission comprising three Supreme Court judges to uncover the truth behind the incident. The city of Gujranwala, in Punjab province, mourned the loss of at least 20 individuals who went missing in the tragedy. One of them, Mohsin, left a voice note as he boarded the boat in Libya’s Tobruk on June 9th. Malik shared that Mohsin informed them about his forced journey by boat, expressing his helplessness and the lack of alternatives. In response to the boat incident, Pakistani authorities have taken action by arresting multiple suspects involved in human smuggling.

Malta and Libya have signed a memorandum of understanding on a new interconnector for renewable energy between the two countries. Prime Minister Robert Abela was in Tripoli on Thursday, and signed the MoU together with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. The government said in a statement a number of issues were discussed by the PMs, including energy, security and economic cooperation. Electricity interconnector will strengthen the energy connection between Europe and North Africa and supports @MaltaGov green transition plan. Robert Abela was accompanied on the state visit by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli, and Cabinet Secretary Ryan Spagnol.

Greek authorities rescue 145 migrants who were found stranded on a river islet on the Turkish borderGreek authorities say they have rescued 145 migrants found stranded on an islet on the river that runs along the northeastern land border with Turkey

A Ground Self-Defense Force recruit who has been initially charged with shooting one of three instructors during a training exercise at a firing range in central Japan has told investigators his plan was to get hold of GSDF ammunition, investigative sources said Wednesday. The recruit has not responded to questioning since he was referred to prosecutors on charges of murdering Yashiro on Thursday, the sources said. Kikumatsu and Hara were in charge of handing out ammunition to the GSDF recruits during the exercise, the sources said. The recruit told police that he knew Yashiro before the incident and did not intend to kill him, the sources said. Authorities are considering subjecting the recruit, who has claimed no personal animosity toward the victims nor dissatisfaction with the GSDF, to a mental evaluation, according to the sources.

The announcement of this preliminary agreement came during a visit by Prime Minister Robert Abela to the Libyan capital of Tripoli, where he met Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah for bilateral talks. The Office of the Prime Minister said in a statement that Abela and Dbeibah discussed energy, security and economic cooperation between Malta and Libya. Today's signing of the MoU marks a new chapter in energy collaboration between Malta and Libya. Abela was accompanied on the state visit by Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri, Energy Minister Miriam Dalli, and Cabinet Secretary Ryan Spagnol. Today's signing of the MoU marks a new chapter in energy collaboration between Malta and Libya.

(Refiles to add dropped word 'deteriorating' in paragraph 6)BEIRUT (Reuters) -A son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been treated in hospital in Lebanon after going on hunger strike two weeks ago in protest at his incarceration without trial since 2015, the Lebanese interior minister said on Thursday. Declaring his decision to go on hunger strike earlier this month, Hannibal Gaddafi - aged two at the time of Sadr's disappearance - said he was a victim of injustice and stood accused of something he did not do. Lebanese Shi'ites have long held the Gaddafi government, which was toppled in 2011, responsible for Sadr's disappearance, saying Libya kidnapped him during the trip. Noting his very young age at the time of Sadr's disappearance, she said he had nothing to do with the matter and called him "a political hostage for undeclared reasons". Sadr founded the Shi'ite Amal Movement, which alongside Hezbollah dominates Lebanese Shi'ite politics and has been led since 1980 by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri.

72 people living in Malta irregularly were relocated to other EU countries on Wednesday, according to the Home Affairs Ministry. The migrants left Malta on a Marathon Airlines flight to other European member states, although the ministry did not specify which countries they would fly to. The migrants will be able to continue their international protection applications in the respective member states. This mechanism is aimed at alleviating the migration burden on the EU’s border countries. Home Affairs minister Byron Camilleri insisted in a statement that relocation is the most effective way for other European countries to ease the burdern on border countries.

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But many human rights advocates are frustrated that the world seems to have already moved on and that the resources and media attention being dedicated to the Titan rescue efforts far outweigh those for the sunken migrant ship. “It’s a horrifying and disgusting contrast,” Judith Sunderland, associate director for Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia division, said in a telephone interview, reflecting on the apparent disparities in resources and media attention on the two crises. “The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others ... it’s a, you know, really dark reflection on humanity,” she said. The willingness to allow certain people to die while every effort is made to save others ... it’s a, you know, really dark reflection on humanity. The front pages the past few days have been dominated by the search for the missing sub, said Josie Naughton, co-founder and CEO of Choose Love, a U.K.-based nongovernmental organization supporting refugees around the world.

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday obtained DNA samples from the families of 126 missing victims of the Greece boat tragedy. According to the FIA, samples were submitted by the relatives of 52 victims in FIA Gujarat Circle and 46 affected families in Gujranwala Circle while blood samples were also obtained from the relatives of 28 people of Kotli Azad Kashmir. Two more human traffickers arrestedIn another development, FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle Gujranwala arrested two more human traffickers involved in the Libya boat incident. The arrested human traffickers include Mohsin Javed and Sharafat Ali who belong to Gujranwala. The human traffickers were arrested in connection with the Libya boat wreck that took place earlier this year in which seven Pakistanis lost their lives.

The country is still reeling from the effects of the Messenia boat tragedy, in which some hundred Pakistanis, the number of which remains unknown, were drowned while attempting to cross illegally from Libya to Italy. However, so far, the arrests have only been of those directly responsible for running the human trafficking at the root of the tragedy. In an ideal world, the government would clean up its act and provide at home the kind of opportunities that the tragedy victims were trying to seek illegally. There will be in time another tragedy, and after the same hand-wringing and breast-beating as we are seeing today, life will go on. What about those providing passage, possibly illegal, no doubt dubious, to Libya, and then those providing shipping to Italy?

At least 15 human traffickers — including the prime suspect — have been arrested so far during the ongoing countrywide crackdown linked with the migrant boat tragedy off the coast of Greece, authorities told a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday. A spokesperson of the FIA said that the suspected human traffickers had received Rs2.5 million from a citizen named Umair Yahya for transporting him to Europe. The arrested human traffickers were identified as Mohsin Javed and Sharafat Ali. The FIA has registered a case against the suspected human traffickers and launched investigations into the incident. In order to identify the bodies of the Greece shipwreck victims, the government has formed a 10-member team comprising renowned doctors.

The tragedy comes as migrant crossings from eastern Libya to Europe have surged, said Ylva Johansson, the EU’s migration and home affairs commissioner. As many as 750 people may have been on board the migrant ship that sank in the Mediterranean a week ago, and just over 100 people survived the shipwreck. We’ve seen an increase with 600% along this route from the eastern part of Libya towards EU or mainly towards Italy,” Johansson told a news conference in Stockholm. “This shows that we really need to do much, much more to prevent this kind of tragedies happening in the Mediterranean,” Johansson said. Such vessels usually leave the Turkish coast and sail round southern Greece in the hope of reaching Italy.

The family of a slain martyr of faith in Libya has broken their silence about his faith and passing. His family believes that he was killed as a martyr of his faith in Jesus Christ. “I’m thanking God… I’m not sad at all. I knew my Christianity because my husband died as a martyr… I’m thanking God and may the Lord keep my daughter safe. I’m thanking God because since we got married, he used to tell me about God, miracles, and everything.