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By Rod Nickel (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Nate rapidly weakened as it moved over Alabama on Sunday, although the fast-moving former hurricane rattled the

The Navy has ordered the USS Iwo Jima and USS New York to get underway from their homeport in Mayport Oct. 7 to be in position to support the

By Alister Doyle OSLO, Oct 6 (Reuters) – A coalition of insurance firms agreed on Friday to crack down on pirate fishing by banning coverage for

BEIJING, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Thirteen Chinese fishermen died after their boat collided with a Hong Kong oil tanker in international waters off Japan, state

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – The Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday it believes that extending its 10-day waiver on shipping limitations

By Ernest Scheyder and Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Oil and natural gas operators began evacuating staff and halting production at

OSLO, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Norway will study ways to make its economy greener and reduce dependence on oil and gas reserves that are likely to lose value

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department will propose this week delaying parts of an Obama-era rule to limit

Peter Van Buren, a 24-year State Department veteran, is the author of “We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the

COPENHAGEN, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Insurer Tryg expects 90 percent of its corporate customers to buy cyber crime insurance within five years as the threat

SYDNEY, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Australian authorities said they deeply regret not finding missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the ongoing mystery is

By Marianna Parraga HOUSTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Buckeye Partners has resumed operations at its marine oil terminal and storage tanks in Puerto Rico, which

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Oct 2 (Reuters) – U.S. farmers are running out of options for their just-harvested corn and soybeans as delays on the

By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Oct 2 (Reuters) – The Ohio River was closed to commercial navigation on Monday near Brookport, Illinois, after a hydraulic

BENGHAZI, Libya, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Benghazi’s commercial port officially reopened on Sunday after a three-year closure due to fighting between

by Alison Bevege (Reuters) – Vanuatu has launched a Dunkirk-style evacuation on the northern island of Ambae as a flotilla of boats rescues islanders

(Reuters) – Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of 3.4 million people, struggled through a tenth day with virtually no electricity, patchy communications and

By Greg Torode ABOARD THE USS RONALD REAGAN, South China Sea, Sept 30 (Reuters) – A s the commanders of the largest U.S. warship in Asia seek to

By Robin Respaut and Dave Graham SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Thousands of people lined up at San Juan harbor on Thursday to board a

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Republican senators John McCain and Mike Lee introduced a bill on Thursday to permanently waive