A Russian cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria, leaving two crew members missing, Spain’s maritime rescue agency and the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Fourteen of the Ursa Major’s crew were rescued uninjured from a lifeboat and transferred to Spain, the agency said. The Russian ministry said the ship started … Read more
The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major, that was alleged to be evacuating military personnel and materièl from Russian bases in Syria, sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain on Monday night. “In the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian dry cargo ship Ursa Major … sank after an explosion in the … Read more
The port city of Latakia on the Mediterranean Sea came under heavy attack, the BBC reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that “Israeli warplanes” had damaged or sunk about 10 Syrian naval vessels and levelled “the Barzeh scientific research center” in the town. That same facility was hit in 2018 by Western countries, … Read more
Jure Susac, a Bosnian olive farmer from the western-Herzegovinian town of Ljubuski, delivers his pickings to an oil-mill in Capljina, during harvest season, on October 29, 2022. Elvis Barukcic | Afp | Getty Images Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil producer, says one of the most challenging moments in the industry’s history appears to … Read more
But the intensity of the rainfall that hit areas around Spain’s third-largest city, Valencia — in some places, roughly a year’s worth of rain in a single day — exposed the country’s unreadiness and led the Socialist-led national government to slam the center-right regional authorities for failing to pass on early warnings to people in … Read more
Yemen’s Houthi terror group on Friday claimed responsibility for attacking a Liberia-flagged vessel in the Red Sea that a maritime agency said had survived five missiles, while also saying they targeted three other vessels including two in the Mediterranean. The Iran-aligned Houthis say their attacks on shipping lanes are in solidarity with Palestinians in … Read more
The Mind diet – which combines the Mediterranean diet and the Dash (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet – was conceived in 2015 by the late Martha Clare Morris at the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and designed with brain health in mind. Together with her daughter, Laura, Morris wrote The Official Mind … Read more
Cyprus is just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Israel – so close that your flight will take off and land before you have time to get up and use the bathroom. This small Mediterranean island is the perfect place for a well-earned break, suitable for any type of vacation. Paphos, a … Read more
The EU-Egypt deal coincides with an uptick in irregular migration to the bloc of wealthy countries. Following a lull in 2022, the EU faced a surge in migrants arriving via the Mediterranean Sea during 2023 and numbers are climbing again in 2024, according to the EU official. A deal inked with Tunisia last July and … Read more
