At least 53 people are dead or missing after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency reported, while a drone attack in Sudan killed at least 24 people, including eight children. These tragedies, along with a building collapse in Lebanon and escalating violence in Ukraine and Venezuela, highlight a week of significant loss and instability.
The boat incident, which occurred north of Zuwara on Friday, resulted in the rescue of only two survivors, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The IOM stated the boat overturned in the Mediterranean Sea. This incident underscores the dangers faced by migrants and asylum seekers attempting to cross the central Mediterranean route, where hundreds have already died this year, according to The Guardian.
In Sudan, a drone attack by a paramilitary group struck a vehicle carrying displaced families in central Sudan, resulting in the deaths of at least 24 people, including eight children, according to a doctors group. The Sudan Doctors Network confirmed that among the dead were two infants. The UN also reported that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit an aid convoy in the state on Friday.
Meanwhile, in Ukraine, at least four people, including a woman and her child, were killed in Russian drone attacks, according to local officials. The Ukrainian air force reported that Russian forces fired 11 ballistic missiles and 149 drones across Ukraine overnight.
In Lebanon, a multi-story apartment building collapsed in Tripoli, killing at least 14 people. Emergency teams were searching for survivors in the rubble.
Adding to the week's events, a close ally of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was reportedly "kidnapped" shortly after being released from prison. The Public Prosecutor's Office later confirmed that Juan Pablo Guanipa, a former National Assembly vice president, was taken into custody and placed under house arrest, arguing he violated the conditions of his release, according to Euronews.
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