West Philippine Sea is the name given by an administrative order (AO) of then President Benigno Aquino III to Philippine territorial waters west of the country. Aquino’s AO said West Philippine Sea ...

Sections of two telecom cables were cut on November 17 and 18 in Swedish territorial waters of the Baltic Sea. Suspicions have been directed at a Chinese ship - the Yi Peng 3 - which ...

Long stretches of Russia’s Black Sea coastline are covered in oil spilled by the wreck of two Russian tankers over the weekend, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning of an ...

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Want a more inclusive experience on a large cruise ship filled with dining choices and activities? If so, Norwegian Cruise Line's More at Sea promotion might be just the ticket. This promo provides a ...

The child is the only known survivor of a shipwreck that was carrying 45 people across the Mediterranean Sea Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.

Mohamad Al’Omda’s Blue Card won the $70,000 Production Award for a Red Sea Lodge project. The Sudanese-Egyptian co-production follows a young man who flees Khartoum for Cairo, where he embarks ...

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Why is global demand for baobabs spiking? The baobab's reputation as a superfood is spreading. This has mainly been fueled by the recognition of baobab pulp as a food ingredient by the European ...

Egyptian authorities say 16 people are missing, including foreigners, and 28 have been rescued after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea. Two of those missing are British, the BBC understands.

The sea-ice surrounding Antarctica is well below any previous recorded winter level, satellite data shows, a worrying new benchmark for a region that once seemed resistant to global warming.