The Latest Breaking News from Mediterranean

EXPLAINER: What's behind Italy's migrant sea rescue standoff

Italy’s new government has blocked humanitarian rescue ships from accessing its ports, resulting in a standoff with charities that patrol the deadly central Mediterranean Sea, used by people desperate to reach Europe for a new life

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2022

I'm A Celebrity's Sue Cleaver dropped three stone and four dress sizes by ditching three foods

The Coronation Street actress, who plays Eileen Grimshaw in the British soap opera, turned to the tried and tested Mediterranean diet after she collapsed on the set of the ITV programme back in 2011

Irish Mirror · Nov 8, 2022

Rescuers search for five missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

A boat carrying at least 16 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy sank off the Tunisian coast on Tuesday, with at least five people missing and one body recovered, a security official said.

Reuters · Nov 8, 2022

Italy demands countries take responsibility for migrant rescue boats

A row escalated on Friday over who should take care of migrants rescued by charity groups off the Italian coast, with Italy insisting that countries whose flag was flown by the boats should bear some of the responsibility and Norway disagreeing.

Reuters · Nov 4, 2022

France, Germany press Italy to open ports to 1,000 at sea

France and Germany are asking Italy’s new far-right-led government to grant a safe port to nearly 1,000 people rescued by humanitarian groups in the central Mediterranean, some of whom have been stuck at sea for more than two weeks

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

Italy silent as ships with 1,000 rescued migrants seek help

Humanitarian groups caring for 1,000 rescued migrants aboard three ships in the central Mediterranean are sounding an alarm about deteriorating conditions on board and fragile survivors

The Independent UK · Nov 3, 2022

Migrants onboard NGO boats need swift rescue, Germany tells Italy

Germany has urged Italy to help migrants who have been onboard a German-flagged NGO boat for more than a week, saying charity vessels operating in the Mediterranean play an important role in saving lives at sea.

Reuters · Nov 3, 2022

Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt’s breadbasket

The Nile Delta is one of the world’s most vulnerable areas to climate change

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

Ahead of harsh winter, tourism roars back in Mediterranean

Tourism is making a stronger comeback from the coronavirus pandemic than many expected

The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2022

Tel Aviv Begins Gas Production from Karish

US envoy Amos Hochstein traveled to Beirut on Wednesday to represent his country at the official signing of the historic agreement to delineate the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel and pave the way for offshore energy exploration in the Mediterranean Sea. “Hochstein traveled to Lebanon to finalize the historic…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 27, 2022