In 1942, a German U-boat torpedoed the British liner Laconia — only to discover it carried Allied prisoners of war. In an extraordinary act, the submarine surfaced and began rescue operations. What ...

This story has been updated with additional information from U.S. Central Command about the sinking of an IRGCN corvette. An American attack submarine sank an Iranian Navy ship off the coast of Sri ...

Cuba said its military killed four Cubans from the United States who were on a boat that entered its territorial waters Wednesday, which the Interior Ministry called a "foiled armed infiltration." The ...

The U.S. military said that it struck an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Friday, killing three people. U.S. Southern Command said the strike in the eastern Pacific was against ...

The responsibility and imperative to rescue shipwrecked sailors at sea is perhaps the oldest, cornerstone tenet of international maritime law. Search and rescue is a duty, one that no one can legally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The U.S. military said Tuesday that it carried out strikes on three boats accused of smuggling drugs in Latin American waters, ...

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A U.S. military strike killed three people and blew up a boat in the Caribbean on Friday, according to the U.S. Southern Command. The U.S. military said the boat was allegedly following “drug ...

The attacks since early November had specifically targeted suspected drug smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean. By Carol Rosenberg A U.S. military strike killed three people and blew up a boat in the ...

The U.S. Southern Command said it struck a vessel allegedly transporting drugs in the Caribbean on Friday, killing three people. Southern Command said in a post on X that the "Joint Task Force ...

The strike in the eastern Pacific, the third on suspected drug trafficking boats this year, was the second authorized by Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the new head of the Southern Command. By Eric Schmitt ...

The U.S. said Monday that it hit a vessel allegedly transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor in the second such strike in the past four days. Citing ...