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The oil tanker "Grinch" (R), suspected of belonging to the Russian's shadow fleet, is seen outside the coast of Martigues near the port of Marseille-Fos on January 25, 2026, as it's surveilled by the French Navy. France on January 25, 2026 took into custody the Indian captain of an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's sanctions-busting "shadow fleet" for the vessel failing to fly a flag, prosecutors said.
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French authorities detain captain of suspected Russian tanker

France's interception of an oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia's "shadow fleet" draws attention to how the vessels allegedly operate.

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25 January, 2026
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NGO says Libyan patrol vessel shot at migrant rescue ship

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27 September, 2025
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How the flotilla to Gaza is reclaiming the Mediterranean Sea

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17 September, 2025
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Humanitarian group says Libya's coast guard fired on vessel

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26 August, 2025
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Gaza freedom flotilla says rescues migrants en route to Gaza

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06 June, 2025
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Inside the search to bring home Morocco's migrants lost at sea

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29 April, 2025
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African migrants stuck and harassed in Sfax's olive fields

Jakob Plaschke is a freelance journalist and MA student at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.

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UAE-funded aid ship sets sail for north Gaza as famine grips

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12 March, 2024
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Libya's coast guard rams into a dingy with some 50 migrants

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30 September, 2023
Gaza's open-air cinema offers temporary escape from blockade
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Gaza's open-air cinema offers temporary escape from blockade

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21 September, 2023
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Gazans take to the waves to tackle suffocating Israeli siege

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15 June, 2023
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Two migrants dead, 20 missing in Mediterranean: NGO

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Italy: Migrants brought ashore as locals march for victims

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12 March, 2023
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Hundreds of migrants originating from Lebanon dock in Italy

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Lebanon negotiator in U.S. to conclude Israeli border talks

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19 September, 2022
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Lebanon army arrests 64 people attempting to flee to Europe

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08 June, 2022
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Lebanon warns against any Israeli 'aggression' in disputed waters

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05 June, 2022
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75 migrants drown in Mediterranean Sea off Libya: UN agency

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Turkey warns Greece-France arms deal threatens 'stability'

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Thousands of detained migrants in Libya missing: UN official

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17 September, 2021