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The high salt concentration in the Dead Sea drives the warming and shrinking of the lake, and something similar may have happened in the Mediterranean 5.5 million years ago

Greece, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, the EU and the UAE warned on Monday that Libya’s approval of a disputed maritime agreement with Turkey threatens regional stability in the Mediterranean. Delivering the joint statement to reporters in New York, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said the vote by Libya’s eastern-based House of Representatives to ratify

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new clue to why the Mediterranean diet is so good for the heart, brain, and healthy aging. Researchers at USC found that older adults who closely followed the diet had higher levels of two tiny proteins, humanin and SHMOOSE, produced by the mitochondria, the energy-producing structures inside cells. These proteins have

The Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources and global energy company Chevron have announced positive results from drilling the Nargis-2 natural gas well in the Mediterranean Sea. Drilling began in May through a partnership involving Chevron, its partners and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS). The results support ongoing appraisal of the Na

Brooklynite chef Ayesha Nurdjaja is executive chef and partner at New York City Mediterranean restaurants Shuka and Shukette. Now she's sharing her favorite zesty recipes in her new cookbook, "Mediterranean All the Way."

Turkey and Libya plan to redraw maritime boundaries in the Mediterranean as part of a new economic corridor. This has sparked strong protests from Greece, and has also drawn the European Union into the conflict.

How the Turkiye-Libya deal is reshaping the Mediterranean

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EXCLUSIVE: Below Deck Mediterranean recently shored up the franchise’s best audience in years. Season 11 averaged 2.8 million total viewers across platforms after seven days of viewing, making it the most-watched season of the Below Deck franchise in five years, per a combination of Nielsen data and internal numbers from NBCUniversal. The season was up […]

Egypt has successfully settled $6.1 bn in outstanding arrears owed to foreign oil and gas partners, Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Karim Badawi announced during the opening of the Mediterranean Offshore Conference (MOC 2026) in Alexandria, marking a move to restore investor trust and accelerate regional energy production. Badawi stated at the confe