TOKYO — Japan’s rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by 2060 and seniors will account for 40 percent of people, placing a gr...
Only uninjured covered in deal
ROME — Costa Crociere SpA is offering uninjured passengers $14,460 apiece to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma afte...
TEHRAN, Iran — Police have closed down dozens of toy shops for selling Barbie dolls in Iran, part of a decades-long crackdown against “manifestations of Western culture,...
Captain's conversation released
ROME — Italian rescue workers suspended operations today after the stricken cruise ship that ran aground shifted slightly on the rocks nea...
Indonesia authorities have deadly new tactic
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia has gone to imaginative extremes to try to stop commuters from illegally riding the roofs of t...
It will help divers look for survivors
ROME — Italian naval divers today exploded holes in the hull of a cruise ship grounded off a Tuscan island to speed the search for ...
3 bodies found as 69 remain unaccounted for
PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy — Survivors who escaped a luxury cruise ship that ran aground and tipped over recounted a scene rem...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Fire raged out of control on a fishing ship near Antarctica as the crew tried to fight back the flames early today. Three fishermen died, and t...
CAIRO — Egypt’s Foreign Ministry said today it had told Israel that it would not be “appropriate” for Israeli pilgrims to make an annual visit to the tomb of a 19th-cent...
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea signaled today it remains open to suspending uranium enrichment in exchange for U.S. food aid, a deal that appeared imminent before lead...
