Until, that is, this roughly 600,000-year-long period known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis suddenly came to an end. At first, scientists believed that the water’s return to the Mediterranean ...

This surge of water - the Zanclean Megaflood - is said to have ended a period during which the Mediterranean was a vast expanse of salt flats, known as the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered new evidence supporting the Zanclean megaflood, a theorized event that refilled the Mediterranean Sea after the Messinian Salinity Crisis had ...

Now, as BlackRock's Larry Fink reveals his discussions with sovereign wealth funds about buying bitcoin, closely-watched crypto trader Arthur Hayes has warned of a looming "financial crisis" that ...

During the early stages of the crisis, moving a container from Shanghai in China to Europe cost approximately 250% more than before the war in Gaza began. This was largely due to increased fuel ...

The African Union called on M23 to lay down arms, but did not mention Rwanda. The president of crisis-hit Democratic Republic of Congo was set to meet his Rwandan counterpart at an emergency summit on ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi is not taking part in regionally brokered talks aimed at ending the rebel assault on the key eastern city of Goma, state media has ...

Some of the most acute and pervasive human rights abuses take place in times of crisis and conflict. The Crisis, Conflict and Arms division documents and exposes violations of human rights and the ...

It feels like the cost of living crisis has lasted an age. Although inflation has fallen to ‘normal levels’, the height of the crisis saw prices rising at rates not seen in decades while wages ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.