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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

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

Sunscreen chemicals accumulating in Mediterranean seagrass, finds study

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

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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

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

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…

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Egypt Navy Rescues Crewmembers of Sinking Lebanese Ship

The Egyptian Navy rescued last week ten crewmembers of a Lebanese cargo ship that sank off the coast of Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea, an Egyptian military statement said. Spokesperson of the armed forces Colonel Gharib Abdelhafez said on his official page that as part of the continued efforts to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Hungary’s FM lauds Egypt effort to stem migration to Europe

Hungary’s foreign minister has praised Egypt’s efforts to stem the flow of Europe-bound migrants through its Mediterranean Sea shores

The Independent UK

Egyptian, Spanish Naval Forces Conduct Joint Drill in Mediterranean

Naval forces from Egypt and Spain conducted joint military exercises as part of the Northern Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea with the participation of frigates from both countries, Egypt’s armed forces said on Thursday. “The drill is part of the Egyptian Armed Forces’ plan to upgrade the level of its…

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Russian aircraft came close to U.S. military planes over Mediterranean -Pentagon

Russian aircraft came close to three U.S. Navy planes in the Mediterranean Sea over the weekend, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, at a time of heightened tensions between the two countries over Russia's military buildup along its border with Ukraine.

Reuters

Russia sends warplanes to Syria for huge naval drills in Med

The Russian military has deployed long-range nuclear-capable bombers and fighter jets carrying state-of-the-art hypersonic missiles to Syria for massive naval drills in the Mediterranean Sea amid the soaring tensions with the West over Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian Ships Enter Mediterranean for Navy Drills

A group of Russian Northern Fleet ships has entered the Mediterranean Sea via Gibraltar for naval drills, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing a fleet statement. Russian military moves are being closely scrutinized as a troop build-up near Ukraine and a volley of hawkish rhetoric have rattled the West…

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Boris Johnson says there is ‘clear and present danger’ of imminent Russian campaign in Ukraine – as it happened

British prime minister holds joint news conference with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv

The Guardian - UK

Fifa president Gianni Infantino says biennial World Cup will make Africans less likely to cross Mediterranean

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has bizarrely claimed that modifications to football’s calendar will make African migrants less likely to embark upon dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossings in search of a better life in Europe.

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