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But Russia’s stepped-up attacks on cargo ships are likely aimed at deterring foreign companies from buying Ukrainian goods and using its Black Sea shipping corridor. On Sunday, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi said his government and military command were “preparing decisions that will improve navigation safety and help protect civilian ships and seafarers” from Russian
Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and two people who have been closely involved in the Middle East talks, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, are expected to lead the negotiations, which were expected to take place in Oman on Saturday. Meanwhile, a Qatari delegation traveled to Iran on
Abandoning the Sea of Azov is not necessarily a guarantee of security from Ukrainian drone attacks. Ukraine’s general staff released footage Wednesday of a naval drone attack on a sanctioned tanker called Blue. Footage on board shows the unmanned vessel evading fire as it approaches the tanker, before the video cuts out as it approaches
Oddities of the deep sea. An invertebrate known as a siphonophore swims 552 meters deep in the tropical South Atlantic Ocean and is one of 31 species discovered during a deep-sea expedition off the coast of Brazil. The researchers explored the mid-ocean, an area that extends from just below the sunlit surface to the sea
Now, weeks after Iran allowed the partial reopening of the strait – under a ceasefire agreement with the United States that largely holds – the sea is calm once again and the fishermen are returning. One of them, Abdol Rahman, took the BBC across the strait to see up close how the war has affected