Geomagnetic storms: When should we look up and when should we worry?

New Zealand and the tiny Pacific island of Nauru have agreed to take more than 400 asylum seekers stranded on a Norwegian container vessel in the Indian Ocean, Prime Minister John Howard said today.

According to the Telegraph, NATO is setting up multiple ground-based liaison corridors to bring US troops and armoured vehicles to the front lines in the event of a major land war with Russia in ...

Some beaches in South Florida closed on Saturday when tar balls washed ashore, but they've since reopened. Tar balls are small, dark pieces of oil which can stick to the feet of beachgoers ...

No crew member of Argentina's training sailship ARA Libertad was allowed to go ashore as the vessel docked in the Chilean port of Valparaíso while diplomatic tension between the two countries mounts.

Once the Defense Ministry gives the go-ahead, the matter is then brought to the prime minister’s office for final approval. However, in the case of the Aegis Ashore system, it was a top-down ...