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.

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 ...

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

Yesterday’s boat disaster off Libya, with reports of some 150 lives having been lost, underscores once again the terrible urgency of our repeated pleas to European and other governments for restoring ...

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 ...