Dr Yasmin Fouad, Minister of Environment and President of the current session of the Ministerial Council of the Regional Organisation for the Conservation of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (PERSGA), held a coordination meeting via video conference with Dr Maawiya Al-Radaideh,
Shipping companies expressed caution about using the shorter route between Asia and Europe that many ships have avoided for more than a year.
CMA CGM, the French container line that has continued to transit the Red Sea despite attacks on shipping, said it will continue to route most of its affected services away from the region.
Operations at a Red Sea port in Yemen used for aid imports have fallen to about a quarter of its capacity, a UN official said on Tuesday, adding it was not certain that a Gaza ceasefire would end attacks between the Iran-backed Houthis and Israel.
The Houthi rebel group on Monday said that they would limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to Israel-linked vessels only, AP reported. The email announcement, sent to shippers and others ...
An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship beach drawing international tourists to float in the world-famous waters of the Dead Sea.
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.
Crowds of displaced Palestinians made the arduous journey back to heavily destroyed northern Gaza for a second day Tuesday, under a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
An explosion forced the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged container ship to abandon the vessel Tuesday near the coast of Yemen, shipping industry officials said.
The San Francisco cliffside home where comedian and actor Robin Williams and his then-wife Marsha Garces Williams raised their three children has sold for $18.1 million.
French shipping and logistics group CMA CGM will continue to avoid the Red Sea even though it considers the region is more stable following the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, it said on Saturday.
Ships not linked to Israel could begin returning to the Red Sea in as little as two weeks, DP World's deputy chief executive