An escalating series of clashes in the South China Sea between the Philippines and China could draw the U.S., which ... on a Philippine Coast Guard ship that was rammed by the Chinese Coast ...

The decrepit ship, the BRP Sierra Madre, and the small detachment of marines aboard are defending the Philippines’ claim to Second Thomas Shoal, located about 100 miles off its west coast.

You may find yourself doing a double take later this May, when a replica of Christopher Columbus' ship, the Nao Santa María, glides up the Thames and moors by Tower Bridge. The 93-ft, full-scale ...