US Navy destroyer collides with Japanese tug boat during exercise

A Japanese tug boat collided with a U.S. destroyer during a towing exercise on Saturday, the US Navy confirmed, in the latest collision involving the Japan-based 7th Fleet. In Sagami Bay, 37 miles south of Tokyo, the tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into the USS Benfold, causing minor damage to the guided-missile destroyer including scrapes on its side, the Navy said in a statement.

Argentina says signals detected, likely from missing submarine

The Argentine military submarine ARA San Juan and crew are seen leaving the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina June 2, 2014. Armada Argentina/Handout via REUTERS/Files The 44 crew members of a missing Argentina navy submarine may be found alive rose after the defense ministry said the vessel likely tried to communicate via satellite on Saturday as an international search mission was underway in the stormy South Atlantic.

.com | Argentina steps up search for missing submarine

Buenos Aires - Argentina's Navy said on Saturday that it was ramping up the search for a submarine that hadn't been heard from in three days and at least six other nations said they would join in the effort. Navy spokesperson Enrique Balbi said that the area being searched off the country's southern Atlantic coast has been doubled as concerns about the 44 crew members grew.

A submarine has vanished, launching a frantic search for 44 people on board

Argentine authorities are scrambling to find a three-decade-old submarine that suddenly stopped communicating during a routine mission Wednesday - an emergency authorities say could range from a fried electrical system to something much worse. The diesel-electric ARA San Juan was returning to its base south of Buenos Aires after a routine mission to Ushuaia, near the southern tip of South America.

No One Man Should Be Able to Trigger Nuclear War

Responsible people in government are increasingly worried that President Trump might ignite nuclear war to salvage his bruised ego and to show the Asians who is boss. Amidst the rising clamor in the US over groping and goosing, America's Congress is beginning to fret about President Donald Trump's shaky finger being on the nation's nuclear button.

Navy helicopters come to solo yachtsman’s rescue in rough seas off France

A Wildcat helicopter from the 825 Naval Air Squadron comes to the aid of a British yachtsman stricken in rough seas in the Bay of Biscay Royal Navy flight crews came to the aid of a British yachtsman stricken in rough seas in the Bay of Biscay. Wildcat helicopters from the 825 Naval Air Squadron scrambled to an SOS call from the Takita yacht after it lost its mast in a storm during a journey from the Azores, in the mid-Atlantic, to Britain.

In this Nov. 15, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the…

The candidate who openly bragged about grabbing women's private parts - but denied he really did so - was elected president months before the cascading sexual harassment allegations that have been toppling the careers of powerful men in Hollywood, business, the media and politics. He won even though more than a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct, and roughly half of all voters said they were bothered by his treatment of women, according to exit polls.

Amid national focus on harassment, Trump moves unscathed

In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., listens at a committee hearing at the Capitol in Washington. Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.

The Latest: Franken accuser says voters will decide his fate

Minnesota Senator Al Franken apologized Thursday after a Los Angeles radio anchor accused him of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour and of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept. The Los Angeles radio anchor who accuses Democratic Senator Al Franken of forcibly kissing her during a 2006 USO tour says she accepts his apology but he could have apologized earlier.

Former Pentagon chiefs to Congress: If you’re serious about defense, don’t pass current GOP tax bill

Former defense secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks during a discussion on countering violent extremism on Oct. 23 in Washington. Three former secretaries of defense are warning lawmakers not to enact proposed Republican tax restructuring plans, arguing they will jeopardize future military spending.