Amid reports of Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers evading sanctions, maritime data analyzed by iFact shows vessels hiding their movements across the Black Sea before appearing in Georgian waters.

First assembled by Iran in the 2010s, the loose fleet that exclusively ships oil under Western embargo has more than doubled ...

Founded in 1783, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet once fought empires, NATO navies, and Nazi Germany from its base in Sevastopol.

Russia has admitted for the first time that a Ukrainian missile sank its prized Black Sea flagship, later deleting the ...

Vladimir Putin has repeatedly referred to Odesa as a "Russian city" and frequently invoked the notion of "liberating ...

Black women pirates aren`t a myth. “Fire Sword and Sea” is inspired by the true story of a 17th century pirate, Jacquotte ...

A previously undocumented language has been discovered at the site of Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Hittite ...

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Remember those National Orange Show black-and-white portraits? The fair returns April 15-19 with a circus, carnival rides, fair food, family exhibits and a free opening day.

Byzantine Patriarch Anthony warned the Church cannot endure without an empire, emphasizing their inseparable unity during ...

OPEC Output Falls on Geopolitical Risk. Trump’s maritime blockade of Venezuela and tighter US sanctions on Iran have lowered ...

Attacks on commercial shipping in the Black Sea reached new heights on Tuesday, when drones hit two Greek-controlled tankers. The identity of the attacker has not been formally established yet, but ...