BRUSSELS - A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said. The Norwegian sailors, cruising just off
BRUSSELS - A Norwegian warship inspecting fishing boats off the coast of Somalia for suspected pirate activity was caught in heavy gunfire in the early hours of Sunday, a European Union naval commander said. The Norwegian sailors, cruising just off
SYDNEY - A military inquiry has blamed Australia's worst naval disaster -- the World War II sinking of HMAS Sydney -- on an almost inexplicable error by its captain, dismissing conspiracy theories about the ship's fate. The Sydney sank without a tr
NEW DELHI - When Russia gave India a retired Soviet aircraft carrier five years ago, New Delhi was delighted -- little realising the vessel would turn into a costly white elephant. Russia, India's longtime weapons supplier, said in 2004 it would gi
MANAMA - Sailors from a British warship boarded a traditional Arab dhow and seized 10 tonnes of drugs worth an estimated 43 million pounds in the Gulf of Aden southeast of Oman, US naval forces based in Bahrain said on Thursday. The drug-runners we
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