Tag: Maritime accidents
Iran rejects US claim that speedboats sparked encounter
<p>TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked...
UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya
<p>CAIRO — At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...
Iran rejects US claim that speedboats sparked encounter
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday rejected the U.S. Navy's claim that fast-approaching Iranian speedboats in the Strait of Hormuz sparked...
Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded
<p>CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground...
UN: Bodies of 10 Europe-bound migrants wash up in Libya
CAIRO — At least 10 bodies of Europe-bound migrants washed up ashore in western Libya on Tuesday, a U.N. migration official said, after two...
Iowa woman convicted of killing estranged hubby’s girlfriend
<p>KNOXVILLE, Iowa — An Iowa woman who stabbed her estranged husband's girlfriend to death was found guilty Tuesday of first-degree murder.</p>
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Egypt plans Suez Canal expansion after vessel was grounded
CAIRO — Egypt on Tuesday announced plans to widen and deepen the southern part of the Suez Canal where a hulking vessel ran aground...
UN says 5 migrants downed; over 700 intercepted off Libya
<p>CAIRO — At least five people, including a woman and a child, drowned when a boat carrying at least 45 Europe-bound migrants capsized off...
UN says 5 migrants downed; over 700 intercepted off Libya
CAIRO — At least five people, including a woman and a child, drowned when a boat carrying at least 45 Europe-bound migrants capsized off...
Defense: Utah man charged with killing wife had brain injury
<p>JUNEAU, Alaska — A Utah man awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife on an Alaska...