The Northern Sea Route holds out the appealing possibility of circumventing shipping chokepoints like Suez and Malacca, bringing Russian exports to new markets in South Asia. But the logistics of ...

As the Houthis commit to attacks on U.S. ships and war-risk premiums stay at elevated levels, ocean carriers have little incentive to traverse the Red Sea.

Scientists have revealed how Moses really parted the Red Sea 3,500 years ago, and it might not have required any divine ...

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Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabei confirmed the shift, stating that the Red Sea crisis has not provided a lasting alternative to the vital trade route. Since November 2023, Iran-backed ...

Visitors to the shores of Eilat in the northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea, during March and April in the past two years were met with an unexpected sight—the shores were tinged with a striking pink ...

It was in 2017 when Somali pirates hijacked the Comoros-flagged Aris 13 - their last major attack before a periodof relative calm. Years later, the threat has returned with full force.

SCIENTISTS have discovered mysterious "death pools" that destroy all life where the Bible says Moses parted the Red Sea. Just below the sea surface in the Gulf of Aqaba are obscure pools of brine ...

the research team extracted sediment cores from a deep-sea brine pool in the Gulf of Aqaba, an extension of the northern Red Sea. The brine's chemistry preserves undisturbed sediment layers ...

Their reemergence follows the Yemeni Houthi movement’s campaign to target Red Sea shipping in support of ... He shared a picture of the guide map that confirmed the ship was voyaging miles ...

The researchers used deep-sea sediment from a brine pool in the Gulf of Aqaba, part of the northern Red Sea, to reconstruct past rainfall patterns. The unique chemistry of the brine splendidly ...

Scientists who have been exploring the Red Sea have discovered natural death traps in the region now believed to be the location where Moses parted the waters. The brine pools were found 4,000 ...