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Migrant Tragedy: Mom-To-Be Dead And 22 Missing As Rubber Dinghy Sinks In Mediterranean

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

Zenger · Jun 30, 2022

Charity says 30 Europe-bound migrants feared dead off Libya

An international charity says a flimsy rubber boat collapsed and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 30 people including women and children missing and feared dead

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Egypt: BP Awarded New Offshore Exploration Block in Western Mediterranean

BP has won gas exploring rights in Egypt's offshore King Mariout concession in the western Mediterranean, the British-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. This comes following its successful participation in 2021’s limited bid round organized by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company. The concession area is located approximately…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 29, 2022

Lebanon Tells Military to Probe Deadly Migrant Boat Capsize

Lebanon's government Tuesday tasked the armed forces with investigating how an overpacked migrant boat capsized, a tragedy some survivors have blamed on the military. At least six people were killed late Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea off the northern port city of Tripoli in the country's deadliest such maritime incident…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 26, 2022

Ancient Goddess Sculpture Found by Farmer in Gaza Strip

A Palestinian farmer found a rare 4,500-year-old stone sculpture while working his land in the southern Gaza Strip, ruling Hamas authorities announced Monday. The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said the 22-centimeter (6.7-inch) tall limestone head is believed to represent the Canaanite goddess Anat and is estimated to be dated…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 25, 2022

Tunisia Invites Algerians to Attend Trial of Missing Persons

Algerians followed the trial of 13 people, who disappeared 14 years ago in Tunisia. The missing persons were thought to have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while crossing to Italy and appeared for the first time on trial in the el-Kef city, northwest Tunisia. The families of the detainees told…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 16, 2022

Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study

UV filters absorbed by Posidonia oceanica may have damaging effects on ecosystems, scientists warn

The Guardian - UK · Apr 12, 2022

Police, US agents searching oligarch's yacht in Spain

U.S. federal agents and Spain's Civil Guard are searching a yacht owned by a Russian oligarch on Monday in Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2022

Aid Group: More than 90 Migrants Drowned in Mediterranean

More than 90 people in an overcrowded boat drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, a prominent humanitarian group said, in the latest tragedy involving migrants departing from North Africa to seek a better life in Europe. Doctors Without Borders said late Saturday the migrants were on a vessel that left Libya…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022

Egypt Erects Sand Barriers as Rising Sea Swallows the Nile Delta

The flooding had become inevitable. Every winter, amid heavy rains and storms, the Mediterranean Sea would rise and spill over into fisherman Aziz Lasheen's low-lying village in Egypt's northern governorate of Kafr El-Sheikh. As water poured into the village of Mastroua it would destroy homes, saturate farmland with saltwater and…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 22, 2022