The Latest Breaking News from The Red Sea

At least 25 crew members on board were taken hostage

Short of risking an escalation, there’s only one reasonable way the US can accomplish this — by taking Iran’s help.

Attacks on medical facilities and personnel have pushed Gaza’s overstretched health system to a “point of no return”, the Red Cross said on Friday. The warning came hours after Al-Shifa, the biggest hospital in the Strip, came under bombardment, according to the World Health Organization. Footage from the besieged Palestinian…

People who have evacuated to the southern Israeli port hunker down and wait for war to reach them.

In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US$18 billion a year.

When civil war broke out in 2015, a leaky oil tanker in the Red Sea became a crisis point – triggering a nail-biting series of events that saw special negotiations between the Houthi rebels and Saudi-backed government, and the UN begging the public for help – and getting it from…

Here’s how to make the most of a Jordan holiday, whether you fancy relaxing by the Red Sea or exploring ancient wonders

Project Sea clears rubbish from Aqaba’s reefs, which is recycled into bags by Palestinian refugees – a female-led scheme in a country where women must still fight for equality

Martin Richardson had been enjoying his time in Egypt, swimming in the Red Sea, when he was set up by a mako shark that bit him five times, leaving him thinking he was going to die