International maritime law specifies exactly what goes inside every lifeboat, from rocket flares to fishing tackle, but the reasoning behind each item is more interesting than the list itself. Here's ...

Horrifying death as smugglers smash record daily total with 752 people arrivals - an average of 84 people per boat ...

Jens Spahn, a member of Germany's Bundestag, has resigned his post amid uproar over his use of a surrogate to have a baby.

Guyana’s government is under pressure to explain why a state-run ferry sank over the weekend, killing an estimated 100 people ...

The United Nations’ refugee agency says it is investigating reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal. The U.N.

The U.S. and Iran are back to bombing every day in a bid to control the Strait of Hormuz. And neither is backing down, ...

On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde supersonic jet crashed on takeoff from Paris, killing 113 people, including four on ...

The first verse of the Canadian national anthem declares how Canadians feel about their country: “Oh Canada! Our proud and native land!” The world’s second-largest country geographically is keenly ...

Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of July 20-24. ABORTION ...

The United States carried out its third consecutive night of airstrikes against Iran, as President Donald Trump moved to ...