Iran’s new supreme leader says the country should use the threat of closing the Strait of Hormuz as leverage, and has vowed to keep attacking Iran's Gulf Arab neighbors. On Thursday, an anchor ...

President Trump says he'll end the war soon, when he wants to, as Iran hits ships in and near the Strait of Hormuz and warns U.S.-linked banks will be next.

The size of the U.S. military budget has often reflected the country’s changing role in global affairs. Defense spending has ...

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for camouflage cloaks that shield wearers from prying eyes and infrared cameras.

The Steamship Authority (SSA) might sell the oldest ferry in its fleet: the Governor, a 72-year-old freight vessel that has sailed between Martha’s Vineyard and Woods Hole since 1998.  On Tuesday ...

The U.S. military is warning civilians to avoid ports it says are used by the Iranian regime along the Strait of Hormuz to “conduct military operations that threaten international shipping.” ...

Major storms that whipped up tornadoes in parts of Illinois and Indiana on Tuesday leveled homes, downed trees and power lines, and overwhelmed a 911 center south of Chicago with emergency calls, ...

Even as opposition grows and the U.S. territory maintains a moratorium on seabed mining, NOAA began a $20 million survey of ...

The US said it destroyed 16 Iranian minelaying boats near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, as fears rise of an extended choke to global oil supplies.

The Phantom MK-1 looks the part of an AI soldier. Encased in jet black steel with a tinted glass visor, it conjures a visceral dread far beyond what may be evoked by your typical humanoid robot. And ...

One of the unique features of maritime law is the concept of salvage. The basic idea is that when you drop what you’re doing to save someone else’s vessel from peril, you ma ...

The tanker Dixie Arrow was among the ships targeted by German U-boats off North Carolina in WWII. It was hit by a U-boat ...