Dozens of migrants died after their boat capsized in the Strait of Sicily, with just a handful rescued, survivors reported on Wednesday, as yet another perilous attempt to cross the Mediterranean ...

Jaan Roose has attempted to set a world record for the longest slackline walk in history by crossing the Messina Strait from Italy to Sicily. Spanning 2.26 miles, it's hard to imagine how this ...

A view shows the Strait of Messina where a government project to build a bridge to connect the Italian mainland to the island of Sicily has been in the planning stages for years, as seen from the ...

An Estonia thrill-seeker has become the first person to walk from the Italian mainland to Sicily — by slacklining nearly two miles high above the Strait of Messina. Jaan Roose, 32, made the w… ...

Construction of the bridge across the Strait of Messina will start this year, assures the Italian government. This mammoth undertaking that aims to link the island of Sicily to the region of ...

A drone picture shows the Fanaco Lake following a drought on the Italian island of Sicily, in Palermo, Italy, August 26, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi ...

To get from Sicily to Naples, we took a Trenitalia train that goes on a ferry to cross the Strait of Messina. The cheap ride had great coastal views.

"The Sicily Strait is only 316 meters deep and the eastern Mediterranean basin goes beyond 5,000 meters. One of the processes that fascinated the field of oceanographic research is this exchange of ...

The narrow Strait of Messina, which separates mainland Italy from Sicily, has two linked faults that affect the local geological makeup. Greek mythology tales attempted to explain the power of ...

Zoom into a map of Italy and you will notice a gap where the tip of the toe of the boot-shaped peninsula seems to touch Sicily—the stretch of sea that makes Sicily an island. The Strait of ...

The last train-ferry ride in Europe: Milan to Sicily via the Strait of Messina. It is possible to get the train from Milan to Sicily – across the sea – because of this engineering marvel.