Naval warfare

Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis on Sunday ordered the demolition of Anargyroi, a village in northern Greece that suffered extensive damage when a lignite mine used by Public Power Corporation collapsed on Saturday.

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The Black Sea Fleet's task force group operating in eastern Mediterranean Sea off Syria comprises 15 vessels, including two frigates and a submarine, accompanied by various landing and auxiliary ships, the Russian Navy says.

On-duty crew members stand on the deck of the Olympias, a reproduction of an ancient Athenian trireme, after it anchored at the Zea marina in Piraeus on Wednesday. The Olympias was constructed in 1985 and was mainly used for experimental archaeology trips until 2004, when it was used to transfer the Olympic Flame from Keratsini to Piraeus for the Athens Games.

Amid threats from North Korea that it would attack American aircraft carrier 'Carl Vinson', Japan recently sent its biggest warship to escort a US supply vessel that was in the waters off Boso Peninsula.

Efforts to clear mines have been launched on Mount Ararat in the eastern province of Iğdır as part of a project financed by the European Union and Turkey in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on March 14, the first time they have successfully taken a commercial ship since 2012.  

The Aris 13 sent a distress call on March 13, turned off its tracking system and altered course for the Somali port town of Alula, said John Steed of the aid group Oceans Beyond Piracy. 

Ignoring repeated warnings from Beijing not to aggravate tensions in Southeast Asia, the US Navy has deployed an aircraft carrier strike group for "routine" maritime patrols in the vicinity of the disputed South China Sea waters.

Mine worker Mustafa Sarı survived a mine accident four years ago. Eight of his colleagues died.

The other day, Sarı died at another mine accident in Gelik, in the Kilimli district of the Black Sea province of Zonguldak. 

What killed Mustafa Sarı? Did he die because of the "nature" of his job? 

INS Viraat, the Centaur-class aircraft carrier that was the flagship of the Indian Navy before INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in 2013, began its last voyage on Sunday, sailing under tow from Kochi to Mumbai.

An active mine dating back to World War II was found by a tourist off the coast of the Aegean island of Skopelos, local authorities announced on Saturday.