Indonesia: 26 missing after ferry boat capsizes

Twenty-six people were missing on Saturday after a ferry boat carrying 43 people on board capsized off Sulawesi island in Indonesia.

Officials said the motorboat ran out of fuel and sank in bad weather. It had left Paotere port in Makassar, capital of South Sulawesi province, on Thursday midnight was reported missing the next day when it failed to arrive its destination.

“We received information saying that 17 people were found and saved by passing tugboats,” Djunaidi, the local search and…