Several migrants jumped into the sea from a Spanish rescue boat in a bid to reach shore in Italy.
Crew members, however, jumped in and brought them back aboard.
"Nine people have thrown themselves into the water trying desperately to reach the coast of Lampedusa," the ship Open Arms tweeted. "The situation is out of control."
Open Arms, with almost 100 migrants onboard, has been left stranded just off the port of Lampedusa after Italy denied permission from entering its waters.
Earlier, Italy's hard-line interior minister, Matteo Salvini, banned private rescue ships, saying they have become "taxis" for people smugglers.
“If the worst happens, Europe and Salvini will be responsible,” the charity said in a tweet.
Israel's military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold-outs in the southern Gaza Strip city, a senior Israeli defence official said, despite international warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe.
Marine wildlife experts were frantically trying to rescue some 140 pilot whales stranded on Thursday in the shallow waters of an estuary in the southwest of the state of Western Australia.
A grand jury has charged 18 people with allegedly participating in an Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-US President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday.
India is inspecting facilities of spice makers MDH and Everest for compliance with quality standards after sales of some of their products were halted in Hong Kong and Singapore for allegedly containing high levels of a cancer-causing pesticide.
Israel is poised to send troops into Rafah, the Gazan city it sees as the last bastion of Hamas, Israeli media reported on Wednesday, saying preparations were under way to evacuate war-displaced Palestinian civilians who have been sheltering there.
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