A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. They narrowly escaped the attack but three bystanders were wounded. Separately, an Afghan Taliban religious scholar was killed in
A cruise ship stuck in Barcelona has resumed its route after Bolivian passengers with visa problems were removed. The Spanish government and MSC Cruises reached an agreement to remove 69 Bolivian passengers. The Bolivian passengers were taken to a transit zone in
Dredging of Puerto Rico's biggest port begins as environmentalists warn of threat to turtles, corals
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport began Wednesday amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit. Crews with California-based Curtin Maritime will remove nearly 3 million cubic yards
A cruise ship with approximately 1,500 passengers has been stranded in Barcelona due to visa issues faced by a group of Bolivian passengers. The Bolivians reportedly lack valid documents to enter the European border-free Schengen area. Spanish government officials are collaborating with
The U.S. military will not be involved in the development of a port in the Philippines’ remote northernmost islands near Taiwan, the local governor said on Friday, removing a potential source of friction with China over the U.S. presence in the region.
Three Royal Navy sailors have been arrested after “drunken fights” with police officers on a boozy trip to the European port of Rotterdam. UK Navy military police and local police officers have stepped up patrols in the area after three days of
Ken Kersch speaks about the USS New Jersey as if it were a warm old friend instead of cold steel military hardware. “I love this ship,” said Kersch, who spent four years in the U.S. Navy (1966-70). “It’s the best ship I
Pakistani security forces Wednesday killed at least eight insurgents as they repulsed an attack by a separatist group on a sprawling government building outside the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in the volatile southwest, officials said. Three security forces were also killed in the
A Border Force officer who secretly filmed women in toilets at ferry ports with the help of his girlfriend has been jailed for more than two years. Neil Adams and Stephanie Whitehead, both 40, made clandestine recordings of women by planting mobile
A port city is “becoming cocaine gateway into UK” as drug hauls are defended by kids with crossbows. Last month Britain’s answer to the FBI – the National Crime Agency (NCA) – made its biggest Class A drugs bust ever when £450million