The UN's migration agency said on Tuesday (Mar 26) that drowning was the leading cause of migrant deaths over the past 10 years, claiming over 36,000 lives. Among the approximately 64,000 migrant deaths documented during this period, nearly 60 per cent were due to drowning, as disclosed in a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Most migrant deaths in past 10 years were due to drowning, UN says

As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned on a vessel carrying migrants across the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or Malta, the operators of a charity rescue group said on Thursday.

Sixty migrants feared drowned crossing Mediterranean from Libya

A US military aircraft crashed in a training accident in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday (Nov 10) evening killing five soldiers, according to the US European Command, which rules out any links of it to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

5 US soldiers killed in jet crash in eastern Mediterranean, command rules out link to Israel-Hamas war

Nearly 300 children have died in the six months of 2023 while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe, reported the United Nations children’s agency, on Friday (July 14); the toll being the double when compared to the casualties in the same period last year.

Nearly 300 children died this year trying to cross Mediterranean Sea: UN

Tunisian authorities are trying to repatriate a four-year-old girl who was forced by her parents to take a migrant boat alone to Italy. The girl, Linda, landed on Lampedusa island on October 17 after undertaking a 26-hour journey over the Mediterranean Sea on a crowded wooden boat, which carried 70 other asylum seekers from Tunisia.

4-year-old Tunisian girl crosses Mediterranean on boat without parents, lands in Italy

Highlighting the need for better conservation of critically threatened species, a new study has shown that endangered sharks are being more frequently caught in protected Mediterranean areas than in unprotected regions.

Study shows endangered sharks are being more frequently caught in protected Mediterranean areas

Sunday has been a day of rescues in the Mediterranean sea as the Italian Coast Guard along with European charities such as Sea-Watch and SOS Mediterannee rescued over 1,100 migrants, adrift near the Libyan coast and other places.

Italian Coast Guard and charities rescue 1,100 migrants in the Mediterranean sea; 5 found dead

Migrant crisis has been worsening in different parts of the world. Be it the US-Mexico border, English Channel or Mediterranean Sea, many migrants belonging to different countries travel dangerously to reach their destination every year.

What has led to migrant crisis around world?

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea to "secure shipping lines", the presidency said. "It is the latest Egyptian military base on the Mediterranean, and will be focused on securing the country's northern and western front," the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.

Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base

Pope Francis said on Sunday that "now is the time for shame" after 130 migrants were feared dead in the Mediterranean and a UN organisation accused states of not responding to distress calls.

Latest Mediterranean migrants tragedy a time for shame: Pope

Iran on Saturday denounced an attack on Iranian ship as "sabotage". The ship named Shahr-e-Kord was hit with "an explosive device" while it was en route from Iran to Europe on Wednesday, as per spokesperson of Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines group (IRISL) which owns the ship.

Iran condemns 'sabotage' of ship in Mediterranean

Authorities in Israel have cleared a Greek tanker of suspicion in relation to an oil spill that caused massive tar pollution on the Mediterranean coastline. It was seen as Israel's worst maritime pollution incident in decades.

Israel clears Greek tanker of suspicion over Mediterranean oil spill

Powerful winds and unusually high waves pummelled Israel's entire Mediterranean coastline, with tonnes of tar staining beaches from Rosh Hanikra, just south of Lebanon, to Ashkelon just north of Gaza.

Israel's Mediterranean shoreline drenched with tar after offshore oil spill

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Cyprus was made of "two separate states". His comments came during his visit to the breakaway Turkish held northern part of Cyprus island.

Cyprus made up of 'two separate states', says Erdogan

The eastern Mediterranean conflict between Turkey and Greece has escalated to the skies. The Ionian seas is now a scene of war with naval frigates, submarines and, the sonic boom of the fighter jets.

Turkey risks sanctions from EU after conflict with Greece intensifies

Germany on Thursday called for an end to naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea to allow space for talks between Greece and Turkey, at odds over gas resources and maritime borders.

Mediterranean war games must stop to allow talks: Germany

Turkey said Wednesday it had conducted exercises with a US navy destroyer in the eastern Mediterranean, hours after its rival Greece began war games with France and EU allies nearby.

Turkey says conducted Mediterranean exercise with US

The European Union urged Turkey on Sunday to halt its exploration for gas in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean "immediately", in a crisis that has stoked tensions with other countries in the region.

EU urges Turkey to halt gas hunt in east Mediterranean

Turkey`s navy has issued an advisory saying that the Turkish ship Oruc Reis will carry out a seismic survey in a disputed area in the eastern Mediterranean over the next two weeks, a step likely to revive tensions with neighbouring Greece.

Turkey's new seismic survey in Mediterranean set to revive Greek tensions

Caged: Italian coastguard help giant sperm whale caught in illegal fishing net

Limited human activity amid lockdown improved Mediterranean marine life

The Eastern Mediterranean has become a flash-point for the meshing of geopolitics, the struggle for regional hegemony, battles for control of resources, religious soft power rivalry, and blatant interference in the politics of others.

Eastern Mediterranean region: A microcosm of regional and global battles

Five EU states agreed to take in scores of migrants stranded for weeks on board a crowded rescue ship, EU authorities said on Wednesday, ending a prolonged standoff with Rome over their fate.

Five EU states agree to take in migrants stranded in rescue ship

Bangladesh authorities have launched a crackdown on suspected people-smugglers masquerading as "travel agents" after dozens of Bangladeshis drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean into Europe, officials said Thursday.

Bangladesh launches trafficker crackdown after Mediterranean deaths