Portuguese and German police on Tuesday (June 3) launched joint searches of a "vast" area in Portugal's southern Algarve ...

The Brazilian environmental agency, IBAMA, approved a license to blast a natural rock barrier on the Tocantins River in Pará ...

Pirates and the loot they plundered have long fascinated us. Stories like "Treasure Island" and movies like "Pirates of the ...

The Portuguese fortification of Mazagan, now part of the city of El Jadida, 90-km southwest of Casablanca, was built as a fortified colony on the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century. It was taken ...

Russian national Vladimir Motin, 59, was captain of the Portuguese-flagged Solong that hit the Stena Immaculate tanker, carrying military jet fuel, on March 10. Motin was charged four days later with ...

Vladimir Motin appeared via video link at London’s Central Criminal Court, where he denied responsibility for the presumed ...