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1 Migrant Dies, 25 Are Rescued from Sinking Dinghy in Greece

Tourists play with a cat at Lycabettus hill as the city of Athens with the ancient Acropolis hill is seen at the background, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Tourists play with a cat at Lycabettus hill as the city of Athens with the ancient Acropolis hill is seen at the background, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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1 Migrant Dies, 25 Are Rescued from Sinking Dinghy in Greece

Tourists play with a cat at Lycabettus hill as the city of Athens with the ancient Acropolis hill is seen at the background, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Tourists play with a cat at Lycabettus hill as the city of Athens with the ancient Acropolis hill is seen at the background, on Tuesday, April 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Authorities on the Greek island of Samos said Monday that a migrant died and 25 others were rescued from a sinking dinghy that had left the nearby coast of Türkiye.
A search and rescue operation was launched, assisted by the European border protection agency, Frontex, for others possibly missing, officials said.
According to The Associated Press, the coast guard said it responded to a distress call on Sunday. Twenty-three people were rescued from the sinking vessel while two others were pulled from the water. A third man found unresponsive was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police on a nearby shore found 10 migrants early Monday. They were detained for questioning to determine whether they had also been in the dinghy and made it ashore.
Despite intense patrolling in the eastern Aegean Sea by the Greek coast guard and Frontex, Türkiye-based smugglers frequently target nearby Greek islands as an entry point into the European Union.

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Jerusalem Resident Detained for Suspected Iranian Spy Plot

Israeli security forces patrol the scene of a shooting attack near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank north of Bethlehem, on December 12, 2024. (AFP)
Israeli security forces patrol the scene of a shooting attack near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank north of Bethlehem, on December 12, 2024. (AFP)
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Jerusalem Resident Detained for Suspected Iranian Spy Plot

Israeli security forces patrol the scene of a shooting attack near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank north of Bethlehem, on December 12, 2024. (AFP)
Israeli security forces patrol the scene of a shooting attack near a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank north of Bethlehem, on December 12, 2024. (AFP)

An Israeli resident of Jerusalem has been arrested on suspicion of being in contact with Iranian intelligence agents as part of a plot to carry out an attack in Israel in return for payment, Israeli security forces said on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old man was activated by an Iranian agent known as "John" in October and arrested in November on suspicion of committing security offences, said a joint statement from spokeswomen for the Shin Bet security service and Israel police.

It said their investigation showed he had proposed cutting off the power to the Jerusalem light rail system and sent a video to his Iranian operator in an attempt to locate the power supply.

It said he searched social networks to purchase a gun, a silencer and materials to produce explosives for the purpose of carrying out an attack in Israel.

The suspect had been detained and an indictment was expected in coming days, the statement read.

Reuters reported last week on the arrest of almost 30 mostly Jewish citizens who allegedly spied for Iran in nine covert cells in what four Israeli security sources said was Tehran's biggest effort in decades to infiltrate its arch foe.

The arrests followed repeated Iranian intelligence efforts over the last two years to recruit ordinary Israelis to gather intelligence and carry out attacks in exchange for money, the four officials said.