A Smithsonian museum exhibit about the maritime journey that millions of Africans were forced to take across the Atlantic to ...

Forged in San Francisco in 1857 and lost at sea for 130 years, the huge, privately-owned 64-pound “Eureka” bar from the “Ship of Gold,” the SS Central America, is now offered through fractional owners ...

After 10 years in prison for refusing to disclose the location of some missing gold, authorities have finally released treasure hunter Tommy Thompson.

US sinks 16 Iranian mine-laying ships after Trump ramps up threats over Strait of Hormuz - The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway ...

At 64 pounds, the "Eureka Bar" is believed to be the biggest surviving ingot from the California Gold Rush. But what may be more alluring about it is the gold's backstory.

Sri Lanka refused ground access to US warplanes in March: president ...

Sri Lanka refused a US request to station warplanes at a civilian airport while considering an Iranian naval visit reaffirming neutrality ...

The tankers crossed the strait Saturday after New Delhi stepped up diplomatic engagement to secure its energy imports.

The story of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in 1939 remains one of the most cited lessons in the law of ...

Tehran has confirmed that its top security official Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been killed. Follow for live news updates.

Iran's critical location and its arsenal of drones and missiles are a challenge. Its stranglehold on the Strait has rattled ...