In any war over Taiwan, American commanders will face a problem that barely existed a decade ago: China can hide lethal military systems inside standard commercial shipping containers. These ...
Cpl. Charles McMahon Jr. of the Marine Corps was among the last U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam more than 50 years ago. McMahon, of Woburn, Massachusetts, not only left behind a legacy of service and ...
The listing could make it more challenging for U.S. forces to board the ship, which an arm of the Kremlin’s maritime authority says is now flying the Russian flag. By Christiaan Triebert and Nicholas ...
On December 20, 2025 the USCG in coordination with the War Department executed a operation to seize the Motor Tanker Centuries, which is suspected of carrying oil subject to U.S. sanctions. (Photo: ...
While cruise ships have long served as a favorite of Americans looking for a vacation, headlines highlighting violent crimes have marred the industry for decades. Over the years, stories of ...
On a prime Shanghai shopping street, Louis Vuitton docked a boat that doesn’t go anywhere. The steel vessel is called The Louis, and it’s longer than a football field and rises roughly 100 feet. In ...
In October 2023, a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship dragged its anchor across the Baltic seabed, severing a gas pipeline and two communications cables between Finland and Estonia. In November 2024, cables ...
“Imagine if, for as long as your ancestors had lived on those islands — hundreds of years, possibly more — they knew that, barring natural disasters, the sea would feed them and their loved ones,” ...
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam has revved up its land reclamation efforts in the South China Sea this year, beginning construction on eight previously untouched features in the Spratly Islands.
The government of the Philippines claims that the Chinese Coast Guard injured Filipino fishers and damaged their vessels during a confrontation near a disputed shoal. In response, China accused the ...
Manila rushed two patrol boats to protect fishermen in the South China Sea after a water cannon attack from Chinese cutters that left three injured in one of the most severe incidents at Sabina Shoal ...
A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, a rare interdiction operation at sea ...