A week aboard a yacht, with the help of a local skipper, makes for the ultimate sailing adventure around Greece’s Ionian ...

LAYING on a sunbed at the front of the yacht, the wind in my hair and sun warming my skin, I have no idea where we are going. My holiday is entirely in the hands of Captain Sotiris, who we called ...

So far, 39 men onboard the boat, mostly from Pakistan, have been rescued by the cargo ships sailing in the area. They have been transferred to the island of Crete, the Greek coastguard said.

Leaked audio instructions by Greek rescue co-ordinators have cast further doubt on Greece's official version of events in the hours before a migrant boat sank along with up to 650 people onboard.

The conclusions of the inquiry by Greek Ombudsman Andreas Pottakis ... operation as it waited for the boat to leave Greece’s jurisdiction and sail to Italy, one of the sources said.