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Multiple security services are reporting what may have been an opportunist approach. There was an attempted boarding of a racing sailboat, Lakota, sailing near the coast of Yemen. While both the [...]

The government of Italy has seized the megayacht Scheherazade in connection with EU sanctions on Russia. This is bringing an end to months of speculation about the vessel’s fate. [...]

The UK Ministry of Defense advised Sunday that drifting mines remain a threat to shipping in the Black Sea. There is high confidence that Russian activity set them adrift. Ukraine and Russia have [...]

With yet another coral bleaching event underway on the Great Barrier Reef, we’re reminded of the tragic consequences of climate change. Even if we manage to stop the planet warming beyond 1.5? [...]

On Saturday, the U.S. Navy christened the destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas. The latest iteration of the long-running Arleigh Burke destroyer class. DDG-125 will be the 73rd Arleigh Burke manufactured [...]

A Russian Navy amphib exploded and burned at the captured port of Berdyansk, Ukraine on Thursday This was just days after Russian state media released video footage of military cargo operations [...]

The Chief Minister announced plans to de-escalate various COVID-19 measures including dropping the legal requirement to wear masks in shops and public transport. In addition, the need to test [...]

Dockworkers at several facilities in the UK are refusing to handle Russian oil and LNG, prompting multiple ships to divert or wait at berth. The disruption is part of a growing public backlash [...]

The Ukrainian government has confirmed that the port of Berdyansk has fallen to Russian forces. The nearby port of Mariupol remains under siege. The mayor of Berdyansk, Oleksandr Svidlo. said [...]

On Sunday, Turkey’s government began referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a “war.” a designation that invokes its legal authority to close the Bosporus to warships. [...]