At least 57 people, including 1 Irish man, 13 Britons and 17 Indian nationals, drowned when a dinner-cruise ship with 137 people on board capsized just off the Bahraini coast last night in calm waters, the Interior Ministry said.

A ferry carrying up to 150 people capsized and sank last night off the coast of Bahrain and at least 48 bodies have so far been recovered, officials said.

A PASSENGER boat carrying some 150 tourists, including Westerners, sank off the coast of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf last night and residents said more than 40 bodies were found.

A ferry carrying up to 150 people sank tonight off the coast of Bahrain.

US National Guard troops from Louisiana and other Gulf states won’t be pulled out of Iraq ahead of schedule, despite the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, the US command said today.