North Korea Boats Washing Up in Japan Spark Spy Scare
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, Dec 6 (Reuters) – An increasing number of fishing boats from North Korea has been appearing off Japan – some in
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By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, Dec 6 (Reuters) – An increasing number of fishing boats from North Korea has been appearing off Japan – some in
By Jonathan Saul and Selam Gebrekidan LONDON, Dec 6 (Reuters) – No fuel shipments have reached Yemen’s largest port for a month, a Reuters
Spain’s Ministry of the Interior said the bust was the largest seizure of cocaine so far this century and the largest-ever involving a container ship.
Photography by Brian Snyder. Reporting by Chris Kenning (Reuters) In the 29 years that towboat captain Joe Gray has worked flotillas of barges up and down the
by Karl Plume (Reuters) ABOARD THE OLIVER C. SHEARER, Ohio River – America’s worst traffic jam this fall occurred on the Ohio River, where a line
SEOUL, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A South Korean fishing boat capsized off the country’s western coast on Sunday after it collided with a refueling vessel,
By Nidhi Verma (Reuters) – Two of India’s state-owned oil refiners have issued tenders seeking to charter tankers for at least five years while giving
by Ron Bousso (Reuters) Exxon Mobil is considering a foray into Egypt offshore oil and gas, seeking to replicate rivals’ success in the country and
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – British ship insurer Britannia plans to set up a subsidiary in Luxembourg as a result of Britain’s
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Argentina has given up on rescuing 44 crew members on a submarine that disappeared 15 days ago, though it will continue
By Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Female employees of Royal Dutch Shell in Britain earned on average 22 percent less than male colleagues, the oil
TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Japan’s coast guard on Thursday boarded a North Korean fishing boat near a Japanese island where the crew said they had
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Eni US could begin work on oil exploration in federal waters off Alaska as soon as next month after the
Nov 29 (Reuters) – British shipping services provider Clarkson Plc on Wednesday said it was the victim of a cyber security hack and warned that the
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Water entered the snorkel of the Argentine submarine ARA San Juan, causing its battery to
TOKYO, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Eight bodies, which had been reduced partly to skeletons, were found on Monday in a small wooden ship that washed up on a beach
By Hugh Bronstein and Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Families of the 44 crew members of a missing Argentine submarine gave up hope
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy said it has called off a search for three sailors missing since a transport plane crashed in the Philippines Sea south of
By Ron Bousso LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) – A small gas field on the edge of the British North Sea could become a litmus test for U.S. policy towards
By Walter Bianchi and Nicolás Misculin MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina/BUENOS AIRES Nov 22 (Reuters) – The search for an Argentine navy submarine missing in
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