KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Malaysia’s maritime agency said it found a cannon shell believed to be from World War II on a Chinese-registered vessel and was investigating if the barge carrier was involved in the looting of two British warship wrecks in the South China Sea. Malaysian media reported that illegal salvage operators were believed to have […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A U.S. military laboratory has helped Swedes confirm what was suspected for years: A woman was among those who died on a 17th-century warship that sank on its maiden voyage, the museum that displays the ship said Tuesday. The wreck of the royal warship Vasa was raised in 1961, and was remarkably well-preserved after […]
STOCKHOLM—Marine archaeologists in Sweden say they have found the sister vessel of a famed 17th century warship that sank on its maiden voyage and is now on display in a popular Stockholm museum. The wreck of the royal warship Vasa was raised in 1961, remarkably well preserved, after more than 300 years underwater in the […]
The US Navy’s most advanced surface warship is showing its stealthy profile in the western Pacific on a mission that may set the stage for the eventual deployment of US hypersonic missiles to the region. The USS Zumwalt is the first in a class of three multimission guided missile destroyers the Navy says will “create […]
TOKYO—Japan protested to Beijing after spotting Chinese and Russian warships just outside its territorial waters around the disputed East China Sea islands on Monday. Japan’s Defense Ministry said a Chinese frigate sailed inside the “contiguous zone,” just outside Japanese territorial waters around Senkaku Islands, which the Chinese regime also claims and calls the Diaoyu, for […]
Tensions continue in Kyiv after a Russian warship sank in the Black Sea. The United States believes the Russian-Ukraine war could last until the end of this year, while Russia warns the United States to stop sending arms to Ukraine.
Russia said its lead warship in the Black Sea sank on Thursday after an explosion and fire that Ukraine claimed was caused by a missile strike. The Moskva, Russia’s flagship in its Black Sea fleet, sank as it was being towed to port in stormy weather, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying. […]
Illegal immigrants will be sent to Rwanda, in a new scheme designed to tackle the small-boat crisis in the channel. A survey shows the scale of the NHS backlog in England. Over 90 patients had been waiting for more than three years for hospital treatment. Ukraine says its missiles hit the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea […]
