The United States has sent four warships to North Korea in order to monitor a potential North Korean rocket launch. The U.S. warships are equipped with radar detection and other sensory tracking systems. This would be the second rocket launch in 2012 and the U.S. military has been closely watching North Korea for signals…
Turkish rescuers were searching for eleven Ukrainian and one Russian crew members on Tuesday after their cargo ship sank in a storm off Istanbul’s Black Sea coast, the coastal safety authority said. The Volgo Balt 199, which was carrying coal, sent an SOS signal at about 0730 GMT off the town of Sile on…
The majority of the 89 workers who were sent to hospital for treatment after Monday’s Jurong Shipyard accident have been discharged. Six remain warded with minor injuries, and they are expected to be discharged soon. Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin went down to the accident site on Tuesday, where he was given an update…
The U.S. has jurisdiction to continue prosecuting Somali pirates in the murder of Marina del Rey couple Jean and Scott Adam, a federal judge ruled. The couple and their friends, Bob Riggle and Phyllis Macay of Seattle, were murdered 40 miles off the coast of Somalia in February 2011 aboard their yacht, the Quest.…