The Latest Breaking News from Mediterranean

A pregnant woman has died and at least 22 more migrants are missing after their flimsy rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea.

Syrian counter-narcotics units seized a record haul of 2.3 tons of the amphetamine-type stimulant known as captagon, the interior ministry announced Wednesday. Law enforcement officers had earlier discovered 249 kilos of captagon hidden in steel machinery inside containers ready to leave the Mediterranean port of Latakia, AFP said. The ensuing…

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinians in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip are rediscovering the pleasures of the Mediterranean Sea, after authorities declared the end of a long period of hazardous marine pollution.

Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’

Extended drought conditions in several Mediterranean countries, a heat wave last week that reached northern Germany and high fuel costs for aircraft needed to fight wildfires have heightened concerns across Europe this summer

Egypt’s state-owned gas company and United States-based Chevron Corp signed on Monday a preliminary agreement to explore sending natural gas from offshore Mediterranean fields to Egypt for processing and export, the petroleum ministry stated on Monday. The memorandum of understanding signed by Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) and Chevron…

The diet involves lots fruits and vegetables and keeps dairy, meat and saturated fats to a minimum.

Everyone wants to know the secret to longevity, and the answer will often come down to what you are putting in your body. Food and the right type of diet will always be key, but that doesn't have to mean a lifetime of dull dishes, say experts

A blanket of hot air stretching from the Mediterranean to the North Sea is bringing much of Western Europe its first heat wave of the summer.