Search teams are also working to recover the vessel’s voyage data recorder, commonly referred to as its black box, to help establish the technical and operational causes of the disaster.

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 rescue operation is underway in the Mediterranean after a passenger boat carrying nearly 270 people heading from Northern Cyprus to Turkey capsized, killing at least seven…