Eight people died and 18 remained missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized and sank off Turkish Cyprus, as search and rescue operations continued on Aug. 31.

The vessel is believed to be the catamaran-style Filo Jet, measuring more than 40 metres long and 10 metres wide. Kyrenia Mayor Murat Senkul said the vessel belonged to Filo…

A passenger ferry carrying 267 people sank after taking on water about 4 miles (6.44 kilometers) off the coast of Girne (Kyrenia) in the Turkish Republic...