A pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston and a levee in a suburban subdivision began overflowing Tuesday, adding to the rising floodwaters from Harvey that have crippled the area after five consecutive days of rain that set a new U.S. record ...
The Libyan navy on Thursday ordered foreign vessels to stay out of a coastal "search and rescue zone" for migrants headed for Europe, a measure it said targeted NGOs. Six years since a revolution that toppled longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya has become a key ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday that the country will host, in September, a meeting among heads and other senior officials of maritime security organizations from around the world. It will be the first such meeting, held for discussions on cooperation to help ensure stability ...
Manila accepts the first of 10 patrol vessels offered by Japan to improve its maritime capabilities in the face of Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea.
A boat that hit something under water and dunked a group of fourth graders into the Chesapeake Bay had ventured into a prohibited area, a U.S. Coast Guard official said Thursday. The U.S. Navy warns of unexploded bombs in the vicinity. Everyone on board was ...
A 108-year-old woman believed to be the oldest living female military veteran kept her feet firmly on the ground Monday, deciding at the last minute to turn down a flight aboard a World War II-era biplane, according to the nonprofit that organized the ride. Lynn ...
The Japan Coast Guard said Monday it has finished deploying 12 ships assigned exclusively to patrolling areas around the Senkaku Islands amid China's growing assertiveness in the East China Sea. The 10 new 1,500-ton patrol ships and two helicopter-equipped patrol vessels will become fully operational ...
The United States and Japan plan to hold a meeting of coast guard commanders with Australia and the Philippines as part of their efforts to forge a unified front against China's maritime activities, according to diplomatic sources. The four-way meeting of top coast guard officers, ...
Cuban migrants desperate to reach U.S. shore are increasingly violent and noncompliant with Coast Guard crews who detain them at sea, authorities said Wednesday, citing reports of attempted poisoning and self-inflicted wounds as rumors swirl that the "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy will soon be abandoned. U.S. ...
The high surf warning that has complicated the search for 12 Marines who are missing after two helicopters crashed off Hawaii was expected to persist Sunday. The waves dispersed the debris and complicated the search, which was expanded to include waters off Oahu's west coast. ...
A Swedish rescue crew cut up the deck of a migrant boat north of Libya to find a grisly discovery Wednesday in the hull: Dozens of corpses of migrants who died making the dangerous Mediterranean crossing in hopes of reaching Europe. The Swedish ship Poseidon ...
Coast Guard and state officials visited the Florida home of one of two missing teenage boaters Wednesday, and a spokesman told news reporters the search for the boys is still "active and open." Capt. Mark Fedor of the Coast Guard said the search has not ...
