Nearly 230,000 tonnes of plastic is dumped into the Mediterranean Sea every year, a figure which could more than double by 2040 unless "ambitious" steps are taken, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature said Tuesday. Egypt, Italy and Tu...

Typhoon Molave roared closer to Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, leaving one villager dead and causing two boats with 12 fishermen to sink as the country braced for the most powerful storm in 20 years, state media said. A man died after winds ...

A crew member of a Malaysian offshore support vessel has drowned after his ship collided with the oil rig it was servicing off Malaysian Borneo in poor weather, the coastguard said on Tuesday, but more than 100 other sailors were rescued. The ship, the...

This year has been a roller coaster ride for fisherman Zairi Zainal Abidin from Kampung Kempadang near Kuantan, the capital city of the state of Pahang on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. When the east coast monsoon season came to its tail-end in...

Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves Tuesday for yet another tropical weather strike as Tropical Storm Zeta took aim at southeast Louisiana, fraying the nerves of evacuees from earlier storms and raising concerns in New Orleans ab...

A new U.S. Geological Survey coastal change forecast predicts sandy beaches in Louisiana and Mississippi may be heavily damaged by Zeta, which is expected to make landfall Oct. 28 as a hurricane. Sandy beaches in Texas, Alabama and Florida may see moderat...

The number of Chinese boats allegedly illegally fishing for flying squid has been increasing rapidly in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula. In the first nine months of this year, 2,586 Chinese fishing boats r...

While the country wrestles with the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysian maritime authorities are diligently ensuring that foreigners do not illegally enter out waters. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) chief Admiral Datuk Mohd Zubil Mat Som said th...

Military and coast guard personnel in the Philippines have arrested seven fishermen engaged in illegal fishing in the waters of Tawi-Tawi province over the weekend, officials said Monday. Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao ...

The World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) in a statement released on the World River Dolphin Day -- observed internationally on October 24 -- has expressed concern over the dams planned under the Indus Cascade Project, a part of the China-Pakistan E...