Great white shark captured on video in Mediterranean in rare sighting
Great white sharks are classified as "critically endangered" in the Mediterranean Sea, and underwater sightings are incredibly rare.
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Great white sharks are classified as "critically endangered" in the Mediterranean Sea, and underwater sightings are incredibly rare.
The International Organization for Migration says two infants are among at least 53 people feared dead or missing after a boat capsized off Libya's coast.
Ancient statues, Roman coins and other artifacts from a sunken city were pulled from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt Thursday.
The discovery shows "the cruelest side" of the migration route, regional president Marga Prohens told local media.
Israeli police are scouring coastal waters for a man they fear may have been attacked by a shark in an area that's seen increasing close encounters between sharks and beachgoers.
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman sustained external damages to its right side after colliding with a merchant vessel last week near Port Said, Egypt.
There were no reports of injuries or flooding after the USS Harry S. Truman was involved in a collision, the Navy said.
Experts say the Greek island of Santorini has been hit by more than 1,000 earthquakes, but they're not linked to the region's active volcanoes.
The ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Spain and Algeria following an explosion in the engine room, officials said.
Overnight, Israel carried out air strikes across Lebanon. The new attacks come just a day after Israel said a Hezbollah drone targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio is in Tel Aviv with the latest.
Divers Wednesday found five bodies in the wreckage of the super yacht the Bayesian, which sank Monday off the coast of Sicily. However, a sixth person remains missing. Fifteen people were rescued, but among those who apparently did not make it to safety was British tech magnate Mike Lynch. Holly Williams has more.
A series of shark attacks has some swimmers second-guessing if they want to hit the beach. Chris Fischer, founder and expedition leader of nonprofit OCEARCH, joins CBS News to explore why these attacks are happening.
An official with the energy company that made the discovery says it "changes our entire understanding of ancient mariner abilities."
A local rescuer in Greece says "it defies logic" that people are risking walks alone in such extreme heat.
The U.S. military said Thursday it finished installing the pieces of a temporary pier in Gaza. The floating dock will transport humanitarian aid from the Mediterranean Sea. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
A rescue group said some 60 people died while aboard a deflating rubber dinghy that drifted for days in the Mediterranean after leaving Libya. The group rescued 25 survivors.
CBS News was taken aboard the USS Arleigh Burke in the Mediterranean Sea Friday, part of a combined 4,000-strong force of U.S. Marines and sailors deployed across the region as the U.S. continues its efforts to deter attacks from Yemen's Houthi rebels on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The troops on the USS Bataan are part of a U.S. military presence ready to respond to any escalation in the volatile Mideast.
The USS Bataan, an amphibious warship carrying 2,000 Marines, has been center stage for U.S. military action in the Mediterranean Sea. The Marines should have sailed home by now, but the war in Gaza and the regional repercussions it triggered have kept them there. Charlie D'Agata reports from the USS Bataan.
U.S. health officials are warning doctors to be on the lookout for possible cases of lead poisoning in children.
The service members were identified as Stephen R. Dwyer, Shane M. Barnes, Tanner W. Grone, Andrew P. Southard and Cade M. Wolfe.
Five U.S. special operations soldiers who died during a training operation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea were deployed to Cyprus in case evacuations were ordered in Israel and Lebanon, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports on the White House response to the military losses related to U.S. operations in the Middle East.
Five special operations aviation soldiers who died during a training operation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea were deployed to Cyprus in case evacuations were ordered in Israel and Lebanon, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe reports on the White House response to the military losses related to U.S. operations in the Middle East.
Five U.S. servicemembers were killed when a helicopter crashed in the Mediterranean during a training exercise, the Pentagon said.
The health ministry began administering human anti-COVID medication to try to stamp out a virus that has killed thousands of felines on the Mediterranean island.