Mediterranean

Members of the German charity Sea-Watch 3 rescue ship team help migrants on a wood boat during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, February 26, 2021. Selene Magnolia/Sea-Watch/Handout via REUTERS
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More than 2,500 migrants dead or missing in Mediterranean in 2023: UN

The land journey from sub-Saharan African countries, where many of the migrants hail from, to departure points on the Tunisian and Libyan coasts "remains one of the world's most dangerous...

FILE PHOTO: Migrants on board of NGO Proactiva Open Arms Uno rescue boat looks at boat Guardia Costiera heading to Lampedusa island, in central Mediterranean Sea, close to Lampedusa island, Italy, August 19, 2022. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
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Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean

A firefighter walks next to rising flames as a wildfire burns near the village of Vati, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, July 25, 2023. REUTERS/Nicolas Economou
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Wildfires bring death and destruction to sun-scorched Mediterranean

A worker throws ice on freshly caught blue crabs, at a seafood exporting company "L'ocean de peche", in Al Ataya Port, in Kerkennah Islands, off Sfax, Tunisia, October 23, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui
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Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan poses with Turkey's new drill ship Abdulhamid Han at Tasucu port in the Mediterranean city of Mersin, Turkey August 9, 2022. Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
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Turkey sends new oil and gas drilling ship to the Mediterranean

A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire near Marmaris, Turkey, August 1, 2021. REUTERS/Umit Bektas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY/File Photo
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Mediterranean has become a 'wildfire hotspot', EU scientists say

Migrants wait in a wooden boat to be rescued by the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 in international waters off the coast of Libya, in the western Mediterranean Sea, July 30, 2021. Photo: Reuters
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Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia

An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
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Iran ship damaged in attack in Mediterranean, state company says

Soldiers from Egypt, Cyprus and Greece during a joint naval exercise targeting Turkey’s recent expansionary actvities. Photo: Collected
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No gas, no war in the Mediterranean

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
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Pandemic pace slows worldwide except for southeast Asia, eastern Mediterranean: WHO

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Turkey’s bid to become maritime powerhouse unsettles Mediterranean

FILE PHOTO: Volunteers from Basij forces wearing protective suits and face masks spray disinfectant in the streets, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fears, in Tehran, Iran April 3, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Ali Khara via REUTERS
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More than 1 million Covid-19 cases reported in eastern Mediterranean - WHO