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Titan Sub Widow Says Remains Returned in 'Shoeboxes,' Criticizes Search-Ship Conduct

Her account spotlights the human cost behind a disaster officials later deemed preventable.

Russian LNG Tanker Sinks in Mediterranean After Explosions With All Crew Rescued

Iranian Frigate Sinks Off Sri Lanka With Over 100 Reported Missing

Tug MW Leo Sinks Off South Africa, Leaving Five Missing, Twelve Rescued, One Dead

Passenger Ferry Sinks in Sudan’s River Nile State, Killing at Least 21

Trial Opens for Six Italian Officers Over Deadly Cutro Shipwreck

Trial Opens for Six Italian Officers Over 2023 Cutro Shipwreck

Italian SAR Alert Lists 380 Missing After Tunisia Departures as Survivor Reports Fatal Capsizing

Philippines Ferry Sinks Off Basilan, Leaving at Least 18 Dead and 24 Missing

Philippine Ferry Sinks on Zamboanga–Jolo Route With 18 Dead as Search Continues

USS Indianapolis Survivor Describes Four-Day Fight to Live After 1945 Sinking

Isidor Straus’s Titanic Pocket Watch Sells for Record £1.78 Million

Macy’s Co-Owner Isidor Straus’s Titanic Gold Watch Heads to Auction With Seven-Figure Estimate

Titanic Passenger Frederick Sutton’s Recovered Effects Go to U.K. Auction on Nov. 22

Search Widens Off Malaysia–Thailand Border After Rohingya Boat Capsizes, Leaving 21 Dead

Bulgaria Detains Alleged Rhosus Owner in Interpol Arrest Over 2020 Beirut Blast

Two Congo River Disasters in Equateur Kill at Least 193

Mauritania Capsize Kills 69 Migrants, Coastguard Says

At Least 20 Dead After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Lampedusa

Coast Guard Finds Titan Implosion Preventable, Faults OceanGate Leadership