SYDNEY — The mystery of one of the world’s worst international maritime disasters has been solved off the coast of the Philippines. The wreck of the Montevideo Maru – a Japanese transport ship sunk 80 years ago by an American submarine during World War II – has finally been found. The Montevideo Maru was carrying 850 prisoners of war and […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard rescued a man from a disabled vessel approximately 145 nautical miles west of Sitka, Monday. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew arrived on scene at 5:21 p.m. and hoisted a man from his 33-foot sailing vessel, Ananda, and transported him to Yakutat, where they were […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he is withdrawing the Pacific nation from the International Criminal Court, which has begun a probe into accusations of crimes against humanity involving Duterte’s deadly anti-drug crackdown. Duterte’s office released a written statement Wednesday that Manila is “withdrawing its ratification of the Rome Statute effective immediately,” referring to the 1998 treaty […]
Authorities in the Philippines are warning residents of the imminent and potentially dangerous eruption of the country’s most active volcano. State volcanologists raised the threat level for Mount Mayon to four on a scale of five, meaning the eruption could happen within hours or days. It has already spewed ash, lava, molten rock and steam […]