The Cuban Coast Guard said a U.S.-registered speedboat entered the island’s territorial waters, and then the boat’s occupants opened fire on an approaching group of Cuban service members.

Roosevelt Island, then known as Blackwell’s Island, became home to the city’s unwanted, the sick, the criminal, and the mentally ill. It was basically New York’s way of sweeping its problems under a ...

A short ferry ride from Split, the low-key island of Vis is a place where time unspools slowly and traditional falkuša sardine boats crest the waves, carrying travellers in search of the quiet life.

The trip across the water lets you see the Massachusetts coast from a whole new angle. Seals often pop their heads up to say ...