Navy rescues 100 migrants

Tunisia’s navy rescued almost 100 migrants from a sinking boat off its southeast coast late on Monday, authorities said, hours after eight people being smuggled to Europe drowned in the same stretch of water.

The incidents coincided with the launch of joint patrols by the Tunisian and Italian navies. —

Reuters A Palestinian farmer carries bunches of freshly harvested dates in Deir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.—