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Lebanese Cabinet ministers say an offshore drilling rig has arrived at its location in the Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon’s coast and will start operations in the coming weeks to search for gas

Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink supplies

The easiest way to achieve blue skies all year round

From the souks of Sousse to the Mediterranean beaches of Djerba, here’s where to visit for the best all-inclusive holidays in Tunisia

If you were around that summer 26 years ago, you remember this vessel well from the hordes of photos taken of it with the Princess of Wales aboard.

Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923) is one of the great masters of painting. He has gone down in history for the way he captured the light in his paintings and depicting the differences between Mediterranean and Cantabrian luminosity in moments of everyday life.

More than 30 million passengers pass through Antalya airport every year. It is the main gateway for the Turkish Riviera. Understandably many of the arriving travellers go straight to their beach resort for sea, sun and indulgence, or head for the golf course. But you can also enjoy coast, countryside…

Wildfires have brought chaos and devastation to multiple countries already this year

In this extract from the book "When the Sahara Was Green", Martin Williams, professor of earth sciences at the University of Adelaide, explores how a vanishing ocean and global cooling set the stage for the birth of the Sahara desert.