While the U.S. has lost numerous vessels in combat operations since its founding, there have been thousands of accidents ...

Amid cautious optimism that a "top kill" effort to cap the leaking well causing the Gulf oil spill is working, President Obama banned new offshore drilling Thursday until further notice.

At least 40 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died after a boat sank off Tunisia’s coast near Mahdia, highlighting the deadly ...

One of the boats was carrying mostly students who were returning to town for the start of the new school year, residents of the area said. By Saikou Jammeh and Justin Makangara Saikou Jammeh reported ...

More than 200 people have died and more than 100 are missing after two separate boat accidents this week in the northwest of Congo, according to residents of the area and local news reports. One of ...