Authorities in Egypt say a luxury yacht that set off with 45 people from the Red Sea port of Ghalib for a week-long diving trip sank, with 28 rescued and 16 still missing.

A tourist boat called the Sea Story sank in the Red Sea on Monday near the resort town of Marsa Alam. Sixteen people are missing, including twelve foreign nationals.

CAIRO (Reuters) -Sixteen people including 12 foreign nationals are missing after a tourist boat sank off Egypt's Red Sea coast, the local government said on Monday. The Sea Story was carrying 44 including 31 tourists and 13 crew on a multi-day diving trip when it went down near the town of Marsa Alam,