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 ...

These eerie ghost ships have coasted through the world's oceans for thousands of miles, prompting many questions about their ...

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Explorer Vasco da Gama sailed his four ships into the Indian Ocean in late 1497. Before long, Portuguese merchants were trading in luxury goods (mother-of ...

BRUSSELS, May 20 (Reuters) - Belgium have called up uncapped left back Diego Moreira to their squad for the start of their World Cup qualifying campaign next month, one day after FIFA approved a ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican Navy ship which crashed into New York's Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend made no distress calls before the accident but called for support instead, Mexico's ...