Neom, Saudi Arabia - NEOM, Saudi Arabia’s futuristic mega city will now have a premier resort where the spectacular desert landscape meets the sea, according to a press release from NEOM.  Boasting an audacious design with minimal land intervention, Treyam offers guests an elevated haven to unwind, re-energize, and enjoy...

The annual State of the Climate report by the UN weather and climate agency confirmed preliminary data showing 2023 was by far the hottest year ever recorded. And last year capped off "the warmest 10-year period on record", the World Meteorological Organization said, with even hotter temperatures expected.

The UN aid coordinator for the Palestinian territory Sigrid Kaag said her message to UN Security Council was that the international community must "flood the market in Gaza with humanitarian goods" and "re-energize the private sector" so more commercial goods can enter to meet civilians' needs.

The UN's World Meteorological Organization said levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- all broke records last year.

WASHINGTON, US -  The sea ice around Antarctica likely had a record low surface area when it was at its maximum size this winter, a preliminary US analysis of satellite data showed.  As the southern hemisphere transitions into spring, the US National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said in a statement...

The member nations of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) agreed on a two-year roadmap for the adoption of deep sea mining regulations, in spite of exhortations by conservationists for a moratorium on extraction. The ISA has spent the last decade trying to work out a mining code for the possible...

GAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Israel returned a boat to a Gaza fisherman it had seized for allegedly breaching the limits of the Palestinian enclave's fishing zone, an NGO said on Sunday, following an Israeli court order. Israeli authorities had called for the vessel, belonging to fisherman Mohammad al-Hissi, to be permanently...

A statement from the prosecution said that the appeals court pronounced the verdict against a "criminal gang" whose members organized for migrants to travel on a "dilapidated boat, resulting in the death of 11 of them. Libya is a key departure point for migrants, with many risking the perilous sea...

Abu Dhabi, UAE-- AD Ports Logistics (ADPL) has signed an agreement with Acino to provide the Swiss company with global freight-forwarding services, inclusive of sea and air transport in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The agreement will see ADPL leverage its fully integrated and GDP-certified end-to-end pharma...

KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT -  Kuwait reinvited Iran on Monday to talks on their sea borders after Tehran said it was ready to start drilling in a disputed gas field in the resource-rich Gulf. Kuwait insisted it held "exclusive rights" to the maritime field along with Saudi Arabia, after the neighboring countries...

Responding to reports of a possible renationalization, a government statement said Thames Water's present situation was "a matter for the company and its shareholders".

The UN's International Organization for Migration estimates that 1,724 migrants had disappeared trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, up from 1,417 last year. According to the Italian interior ministry, around 90,000 migrants have arrived by sea so far this year.

Dubai, UAE - Dubai has given a boost to its beach tourism by opening three new beaches for night swimming in Jumeirah 2, Jumeirah 3 and Umm Suqeim 1. The 800-metre-long night-swimming beaches feature lighting systems, which enable residents and tourists to swim around the clock, and electronic screens that...

Jerusalem, Undefined—Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday claimed Israel's foe Lebanon de-facto "recognizes" the Jewish state, due to a sea border deal the two states are set to sign imminently. "This is a political achievement -- it is not every day that an enemy state recognizes the State of Israel, in...

Aerial images showed a devastating scene of dozens of black glossy mammals strewn along a stretch of beach where the frigid southern ocean meets the sand.

Searching for a new life in Europe, some 13,000 Tunisian migrants have succeeded in reaching Italy by sea since the beginning of the year, almost a fifth of them minors. According to a Tunisian rights group more than 500 migrants also lost their lives or are missing while making the...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -Saudi Arabia has approved the establishment of duty-free markets, when necessary, at air, sea and land ports and on-board ships and aircraft. The kingdom's Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) had invited the public to express their opinion on the draft Free Market Rules through “Istitlaa” platform...

Prior to the latest tragedy, the UN's International Organization for Migration had recorded 367 deaths in the Mediterranean so far this year, after registering 2,048 such deaths in 2021.

In total, 236 migrants were arrested by Moroccan authorities during operations in Tarfaya, located 100 kilometers from the Canary Islands.

Migrants from African countries ravaged by war and poverty, make desperate bids to reach Europe through Mediterranean sea which is the world's deadliest migration route.

In 2021, the Sharjah Airport served more than 7 million passengers with more than 57,000 aircraft movements and approximately 1.2 million passengers in December, consistent with the pre-pandemic levels. The Sharjah Airport Authority said it intensified efforts to strengthen its ambitious goals at various levels, launching numerous services and operations,...

The surge in deaths came alongside evidence of both increased arrivals in at least one key destination and rising interceptions.

Communities and businesses that rely on the ocean are hurting, as more than 3 billion people depend on marine and coastal biodiversity for their livelihoods.

Amid the growing push away from climate-warming energy sources like coal, stockpiling green energy is key, experts say.

It was unclear who fired the projectiles as Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group that controls Gaza, did not claim responsiblity.

In May, around 8,000 North African migrants swam to Spanish from Morocco which resulted diplomatic crisis between these two countries.

Lebanese security forces on Friday said they thwarted an attempt by more than 80 people to illegally cross by sea into Europe from Lebanon. In a statement, the Internal Security Forces said they raided a "tourist resort" in the Qalamoun area of north Lebanon on Thursday after being tipped off....

Doctors Without Borders said its Geo Barents rescue ship had picked up 99 survivors on Tuesday. The victims had died of suffocation after 13 hours adrift at sea.

After years of drought and over-pumping, the Moulouya river in Morocco comes to a halt just short of the sea. Now, with seawater entering this area, the land is turning salty and making farming near-impossible in the regions around it.

Omani sailor Ahmed bin Majid has been added to the list of world’s influential personalities on his 600th birth anniversary by UNESCO.

They were stranded at sea for nearly a week after their boat broke down off Tunisia