French Vessel

Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.

The exercise came amid increasing attacks on commercial vessels by Houthi militants in the Red Sea.

Recent attacks against shipping vessels in the Red Sea "cannot go unanswered", France's foreign minister said Sunday during a visit to Israel, following several such operations by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

French naval forces have intercepted in the Channel a cargo vessel loaded with cars heading for Russia's Baltic port city of Saint Petersburg after sanctions agreed by the EU against Russia, officials said Saturday.

A private search vessel has located a French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean more than 50 years ago, officials said Monday, raising hopes the mystery over the disappearance can finally be solved.

A French warship passed through the strategic Taiwan Strait this month, US officials told Reuters, a rare voyage by a vessel of a European country that is likely to be welcomed by Washington but increase tension with Beijing.

Abhilash Tomy, a naval commander who was rescued from international waters earlier this week, today thanked his colleagues in the Indian Navy and sailors from other countries for saving him against all odds.

French fishing vessel Osiris carrying the Golden Globe Race (GGR) skipper and Indian Naval officer, Commander Abhilash Tomy, reached off Amsterdam isle on Tuesday.

Skippers sailing nonstop and alone around the world - unassisted and without modern navigation aids, as the rules of the notoriously challenging race dictate - found themselves in a vicious cyclone on Friday in the southern Indian Ocean.

Indian Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, adrift thousands of kilometres from dry land with a serious back injury was safely rescued from his stricken yacht Monday after a carefully-coordinated international effort.

Naval officer Commander Abhilash Tomy, the only Indian to sail around the world non-stop was stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia after being injured during a sailing race. He was rescued today by a French vessel, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia since Friday after a deadly storm hit his solo boat, has been rescued, the Navy spokesperson said. Commander Tomy, who suffered a spinal injury, is conscious, relievedand has been shifted to the French fishing vessel Osiris.The Osiris had sent a stretcher, water and first aid k...

An Indian Navy officer who was stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia after being injured during a sailing race will be rescued within the next 16 hours by a French vessel, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

The footage is dramatic: French and British vessels ramming into each other in the middle of the night, fishermen shouting insults, marine flares hurtling through the air.

A French naval ship is leaving the search for the remains of an EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean, now that another specialized undersea search vessel is in the area and has located wreckage.

Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.

The exercise came amid increasing attacks on commercial vessels by Houthi militants in the Red Sea.

Recent attacks against shipping vessels in the Red Sea "cannot go unanswered", France's foreign minister said Sunday during a visit to Israel, following several such operations by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

French naval forces have intercepted in the Channel a cargo vessel loaded with cars heading for Russia's Baltic port city of Saint Petersburg after sanctions agreed by the EU against Russia, officials said Saturday.

A private search vessel has located a French submarine that went missing in the western Mediterranean more than 50 years ago, officials said Monday, raising hopes the mystery over the disappearance can finally be solved.

A French warship passed through the strategic Taiwan Strait this month, US officials told Reuters, a rare voyage by a vessel of a European country that is likely to be welcomed by Washington but increase tension with Beijing.

Abhilash Tomy, a naval commander who was rescued from international waters earlier this week, today thanked his colleagues in the Indian Navy and sailors from other countries for saving him against all odds.

French fishing vessel Osiris carrying the Golden Globe Race (GGR) skipper and Indian Naval officer, Commander Abhilash Tomy, reached off Amsterdam isle on Tuesday.

Skippers sailing nonstop and alone around the world - unassisted and without modern navigation aids, as the rules of the notoriously challenging race dictate - found themselves in a vicious cyclone on Friday in the southern Indian Ocean.

Indian Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, adrift thousands of kilometres from dry land with a serious back injury was safely rescued from his stricken yacht Monday after a carefully-coordinated international effort.

Naval officer Commander Abhilash Tomy, the only Indian to sail around the world non-stop was stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia after being injured during a sailing race. He was rescued today by a French vessel, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

Navy officer Abhilash Tomy, stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia since Friday after a deadly storm hit his solo boat, has been rescued, the Navy spokesperson said. Commander Tomy, who suffered a spinal injury, is conscious, relievedand has been shifted to the French fishing vessel Osiris.The Osiris had sent a stretcher, water and first aid k...

An Indian Navy officer who was stranded in the Indian Ocean near Australia after being injured during a sailing race will be rescued within the next 16 hours by a French vessel, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

The footage is dramatic: French and British vessels ramming into each other in the middle of the night, fishermen shouting insults, marine flares hurtling through the air.

A French naval ship is leaving the search for the remains of an EgyptAir jet that crashed in the Mediterranean, now that another specialized undersea search vessel is in the area and has located wreckage.