Close to 200 years after first being used to assert geopolitical dominance, gunboat diplomacy is very much alive and well. ...

How is maritime law enforced? Enforcing international maritime law is ... For example, Israel forcibly removing people from foreign-flagged vessels in international waters and taking them to Israel ...

The Israeli intervention of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in international ...

Australia lodges diplomatic protest after Chinese fighter jet releases flares near Australian surveillance aircraft ...

The U.S. military has carried out its seventh targeted strike this month against a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in ...

JERUSALEM — The Israeli interception of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in ...

In yet another case of Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea, a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel blasted with water ...

A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world's oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment Friday as crucial to safeguarding the ...

This frame grab from video released by the Global Sumud Flotilla shows Israeli navy soldiers aboard one of the flotilla's vessels after it was intercepted as it approached the coast of Gaza early ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli intervention of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and hundreds of activists raises questions about what any nation can legally do to enforce a blockade in ...