Egypt has opened a strategic naval base on the Mediterranean Sea close to the border with Libya.

The UN has called on Libya and the EU to urgently reform their rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, saying the current practices fail to protect migrants’ lives and safety.

The US and Greece will likely update a bilateral security pact this summer in a bid to facilitate expanded American military operations in eastern Mediterranean amid strained ties with Turkey, Greek defense chief says.

The Lebanese president has demanded Israel stop all exploration in an offshore gas filed on its southern border with occupied Palestinian territories.

Lebanon is locked in a conflict with Israel over an area in the Mediterranean Sea rich in oil and gas.

The US military claims a naval ‘strike group’ led by aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower is in eastern Mediterranean for campaign against Daesh terrorist in Syria, Iraq amid reports of American push for the group's resurgence in the two nations..

Greece and Turkey begin another round of exploratory talks on a long-standing dispute over energy exploration and territorial rights in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.