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Rescuers searched the seas off Indonesia's Java island Wednesday for possibly dozens of asylum-seekers missing after their Australia-bound boat sank, leaving at least three dead, with 157 saved.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea.

Spanish customs agents have intercepted a fishing boat carrying just over 17 tonnes of hashish in the Mediterranean and detained the ship's 14 crew members, all of them Egyptian nationals.

South Korean rescuers Wednesday resumed a search for 10 missing crewmen from two Chinese fishing boats as the confirmed death toll from a strong typhoon rose to 15.

On June 27 Naiza border service boat staved in when navigating the waters the Caspian Sea: press-secretary.

Kazakhstan President found out about the crash “with a feeling of deep compassion.”

I send my sincere condolences to Head of the Government V.Putin and the families of the victims of the tragedy with Bulgaria boat: Massimov.