Easy access to cheap vessels also appears to be a factor, with industry sources claiming that aged freighters can even be picked up on Ebay.

Thirty bodies retrieved from the plane crash.

Believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants.

Massive search and rescue mission underway.

Tripoli-born Greek artist Nikos Floros showcases two mosaic works inside St Petersburg’s State Museum St Isaac’s Cathedral.

Nelson Mandela, the man who led South Africa out of apartheid and became the nation’s first black president, has died

Stadium will still be used for the World Cup

An orthodox church destroyed by the September 11 attacks in 2001 will be rebuilt after images were publishes on the website of architect Santiago Calatrava

Kerberos and Styx were discovered in 2011 and 2012, by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Billionaire John A. Catsimatidis announced he would seek the Republican nomination for mayor of New York City.