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Excavators unearth 7,000 year old boats near Rome.

Neolithic boats that traversed the Mediterranean 7,000 years ago excavated near Rome

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The Joint Coordination Centre officials sail through cargo ship Mehmet Bey as she waits to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022

Gaza humanitarian aid due to sail soon from Cyprus, source says

A jellyfish is seen near a boat by the coast of Haifa at the Mediterranean sea, Israel July 25, 2022.

Huge jellyfish, once coveting Israel's warmer seasons, seen off Israel's coast

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

The Mediterranean Sea's upper layer is warming significantly faster than the global forecast

Mediterranean Sea is warming, rising faster than it should be - report

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Trucknet Map.jpg - Land bridge map.

Logistics ‘tinder’ offers alternative for cargo to bypass Houthi threat

By DEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE

The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford arrives at Mediterranean Sea on October 11, 2023

US to withdraw largest aircraft carrier in world from Israel's shores - report

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Shadow R1, 14 Squadron - RAF Waddington

UK to conduct surveillance flights to help hostage rescue efforts

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell speaks on the tensions between the neighbouring Western Balkan nations in Brussels, Belgium, August 18, 2022.

Borrell: Middle East can’t survive another Palestinian Nakba

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

Massimo Sestini’s entry, which took second place in the General News slot, is a colorful overhead shot of refugees packed into a boat off the Libyan coast, prior to being rescued by an Italian naval frigate.

New UN migration chief worried boat deaths becoming 'normalized'

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Smoke trails are seen as a rocket is launched from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip to Israel on May 10, 2021.

Rocket fired from Gaza into sea in possible PIJ war simulation

By MICHAEL STARR

Elon Musk gestures during a conversation with legendary game designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 13, 2019.

'It's called saving lives': Elon Musk, Germany squabble over illegal immigration

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Pope Francis reacts as he attends a meeting at Palais du Pharo, on the occasion of the Mediterranean Meetings (MED 2023), in Marseille, France, September 23, 2023.

No 'sea of death': Pope calls for pan-European action on migration

By REUTERS

Earthquake (illustrative)

Earthquake strikes Egypt after Dutch seismologist's prediction

By MAARIV ONLINE , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The god Amun protecting Tutankhamun is pictured during a press visit of the Tutankhamun, Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh exhibition, displaying more than 150 original artefacts, at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, France, March 21, 2019.

Temples for ancient gods found in Egypt’s Mediterranean coast by underwater researchers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dark blue waves on the surface of the open ocean.

Man drowns after trying to board departing ferry in Greece's Piraeus port

By REUTERS

A group of migrants huddle, wrapped in emergency blankets, after being rescued

Forty-one feared dead in migrant shipwreck in central Mediterranean

By REUTERS

While Dr. Scheinin restrains the shark, Dr. Livne performs an ultrasound examination with the portable ultrasound to determine if the shark is pregnant

Haifa U. researchers awarded $100,000 to discover shark survival secrets

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

Whale Shark and a diver.

Shark Awareness Day: One-third of sharks and rays at risk of extinction

By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN