A Gaza-bound activist aid ship caught fire and issued an SOS, after what its organizers claimed was an Israeli drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters in the early hours of Friday.

VALLETTA, Malta (Reuters) - Malta's government said on Tuesday it would carry out repairs in international waters on a humanitarian aid ship which was reportedly bombed by two drones early on Friday.

This is French artist Laurent de la Hyre’s depiction of the Apostle Paul shaking a viper off his hand on Malta, where he had been shipwrecked. De la Hyre lived from 1606-56. (Courtesy Photo) The story ...