At least 15 people have died and 27 remain missing after an overloaded passenger ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on Tuesday, the country’s Civil Protection Unit said.

Geopolitical tensions rise as reports surface that U.S. forces fired on a Panama-flagged vessel attempting to bypass an American blockade of Iranian ports. The Wall Street Journal report triggers ...

Guyana will establish an independent commission of inquiry into the sinking of the MV Barima ferry, which left at least 53 people dead.

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A diver died Tuesday while working at the scene of South Korea’s ferry disaster, as investigators disclosed that the ship was carrying nearly four times its legal limit of cargo. Lee Gwang-Wook, 53, ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - A culture of cozy personal ties that can blur the lines between businesses and those regulating them, of profit over safety, and soft courts is in focus as South Korea demands ...

The confirmed death toll from South Korea’s ferry disaster rose sharply to more than 120 Tuesday as divers speeded up the grim task of recovering bodies from the submerged ship and police took two ...

The death toll from the sinking of a South Korean ferry more than doubled today, passing the grim milestone of 100 bodies recovered. Only 174 of the ship's 476 passengers are known to have survived.

Parents attend a candlelight vigil to hope for their children's safe return at Danwon high school in Ansan, South Korea, Wednesday, April 16, 2014. Heart-wrenching photos of families mourning loved ...