Military innovations, such as the use of gunpowder and the first paddle wheel ships, allowed the Song to defeat the ... Traction trebuchet on an Early Song dynasty warship from the Wujing Zongyao.

The Royal Navy has released images of a Russian warship which it tracked sailing near British waters. The corvette Boikiy was part of a task group which was tracked by HMS Somerset for three days ...

A rower on a 7,500-mile solo trip across the Pacific Ocean had to be rescued by an Australian warship Monday after getting caught in a terrifying tropical cyclone. Aurimus Mockus, 44, who set off ...

An Australian warship on Monday rescued a Lithuanian solo rower who had encountered a tropical cyclone while attempting to cross the Pacific Ocean from California. Aurimas Mockus was taken aboard ...

Li denounced the Canadian warship's transit as an act that deliberately stirred up trouble and undermined peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, according to (Xinhua) news agency. He stressed ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...

Commissioned in 1895, the USS Olympia boasts several claims to fame. The heavily armed US Navy warship helped win a decisive victory in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 during the Spanish-American ...

LONDON, March 5 (Reuters) - Britain's Royal Navy said on Wednesday it monitored a Russian warship and merchant vessel this week on a voyage through the English Channel and North Sea. HMS Somerset ...

Chinese warships have been circumnavigating Australia’s coastline for more than three weeks, passing within 200 miles of Sydney, and staging unprecedented live-fire drills on its doorstep with ...

A few days after China's war games around the island last year, a US and a Canadian warship had sailed together in the strait. Also on Monday, Taiwan's defense ministry said it had spotted 41 ...

China's military on Monday condemned the sailing of a Canadian warship in the Taiwan Strait, saying its air and naval forces had monitored and warned the ship, a mission that came just a few days ...

The Royal Navy has shadowed a Russian warship as it sailed in waters close to the UK. HMS Somerset "watched every move" made by the corvette Boikiy as it escorted the merchant vessel Baltic Leader ...