Two fishermen were rescued Wednesday after floating adrift more than 100 miles off the coast of Mexico with no food or water ...

There’s a stretch of the Pacific Ocean south of Japan that has become infamous for shipwrecks, mysterious disappearances, and ...

A woman was relaxing with a solo swim when she suddenly realized she was in danger. Mélanie, 28, is a French woman now living in Okinawa in Japan, and calls Ukun Beach "one of my favorite spots" in ...

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This article was originally published on CFR.org. As the United States and Iran remain locked in a struggle for control over the Strait of Hormuz, concerns are mounting about the security of another ...

Oil prices are expected to rise further this year as shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and attacks in the Red Sea by Iran-backed Houthis threaten oil ‌flows and heighten supply risks, a ...

Attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait are disrupting the passage of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. By Jenny Gross and Peter Eavis Jenny Gross reported ...

CAIRO — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they fired missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in another escalation over vital ...

The two key Middle East oil chokepoints, the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, are now under simultaneous threat from Iran and its Houthi allies. In Europe, the Ukrainians are stepping up ...

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Houthi strikes on a pair of Saudi oil tankers have created an explosive situation in the Red Sea, threatening to open a new front in the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran and further roil the global ...

The widening conflict in the Middle East has pushed the price of benchmark Brent crude past $100 for the first time since May, the highest in nearly two months. Oil prices increased for a fifth day on ...