A container ship carrying chemicals caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka last week. Singapore-flagged MV X-Press Pearl was waiting to enter a port when it caught fire. All of the ship's crew members ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Salvage experts failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it started to sink Wednesday off Sri Lanka's main port, raising fears of a ...

Rescuers have evacuated all crew from a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka as a fire onboard intensified and two people were injured, a spokesman for the Sri Lankan Navy said on Tuesday. An ...

Hazardous chemicals, plastic micro-pellets, and now an oil spill — the sinking X-Press Pearl has done incalculable damage to Sri Lanka’s coast and waters. Sri Lankans salvage wreckage washed off to ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - India's Adani Group and its partners are set to double the capacity of a $840 million container terminal in Colombo months ahead of schedule, despite relinquishing $553 million in ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Salvage experts failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it started to sink Wednesday off Sri Lanka's main port, raising fears of a ...

Federal agents fired tear gas at a crowd during a standoff on Chicago's South Side after a vehicle was damaged during a chase to detain a man, according to Chicago police, who responded to the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Salvage experts failed to tow a fire-stricken container ship carrying chemicals out to sea and it started to sink Wednesday off Sri Lanka's main port, raising fears of a ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Salvage experts were attempting to tow a fire-stricken container ship that had been loaded with chemicals into the deep sea as the vessel started to sink Wednesday off Sri ...