Torpedoes travel at more than 100 kilometres per hour, about 50-60 knots.' 'It must have been a matter of a few minutes ...

On the afternoon of April 17, 2003, the Thursday before the Easter long weekend, Nicholas Martin was on a train pulling out of Milsons Point, Sydney, when his phone rang.

Books & the Arts / This year’s Oscar-nominated international feature films—especially The Secret Agent and Sirāt—tackle what it means to live and die under tyranny. In Sirāt, a band of ravers drive ...

Late last week, the U.S. leveled an explosive claim: China is planning secret nuclear weapons tests and has already conducted at least one. The undersecretary of state for arms control and ...