The US said it destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying boats near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, as fears rise of an extended choke to global oil supplies.

Launches from Belgium have been rare in recent years but police say there has been an increase Smugglers have launched migrant small boats from beaches in Belgium away from the traditional sites ...

Smugglers have launched migrant small boats from beaches in Belgium away from the traditional sites around Calais and Dunkirk. Belgian authorities say gangs are using so‑called "taxi boats" that move ...

The visit comes as people smugglers target the Belgian coast, away from main launch sites in France.

According to the FAO’s Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines, SSF represents a wide system involving fishers, processors, traders and families that depend on aquatic resources (FAO, 2015). Therefore, SSF ...

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David L. Suber receives research funding from the Leverhulme Trust and from the John Fell Fund at the University of Oxford. The UK’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, recently visited China to announce ...

Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf channel that carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, ...

In recent years, local small-boat fishers who pursue prized bottomfish such as ehu, onaga and the red opakapaka that’s popular on table spreads across Hawaiʻi each New Year’s have seen a troubling ...

Despite efforts by the U.S. and others to address the crisis, the vital Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil supply is moved, remains effectively closed. The war continues to ...

The presence of small plastic pellets on the beaches of Donostia and Orio has drawn attention to a little-studied source of ...