The Phoenicians developed their ancient civilization with profits from the lucrative maritime trade of the Mediterranean.

While a growing number of people are concerned about the problem, meaningful change has remained elusive. “The Mediterranean is an enclosed sea, surrounded by humanity, with intense maritime traffic ...

Nearly 33,600 fewer irregular crossings were recorded at European Union borders in early 2025, marking a 30 percent reduction ...

according to survivors DeAgostini/Getty Six people are dead and 40 others are missing after a boat capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea on Tuesday, March 18.

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found. Excavations at a cave on the island of Malta have uncovered stone tools ...

Two migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday claimed the lives of 16 people, with seven killed when a vessel ...

Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people confirmed to have died on perilous routes that include crossing the Sahara Desert or the Mediterranean Sea, the UN ...

According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep trough on its way.

Six migrants and refugees have died and 40 are missing after the boat they were travelling on capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, a United ... on Monday carrying 56 people, adding that “still ...