South Atlantic Ocean

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  World's Largest Iceberg Escapes Antarctica, Heading Towards Open Ocean

  Like most icebergs from the Weddell sector, A23a is likely to end up in the South Atlantic on a path called iceberg alley, European Space Agency said.

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  Hurricane Florence Churns Toward US' South-Eastern Coast, Gains Force

  Florence, the sixth tropical storm in the Atlantic basin this year, intensified into a hurricane on Sunday and will rapidly gain force as it churns over the open ocean toward the U.S. East Coast, with landfall likely in the Carolinas later this week, forecasters said

• Taiwan Ship Carrying 49 Crew Missing in South Atlantic

  A Taiwanese ship carrying 49 crew has vanished in the remote South Atlantic Ocean without any sign of a mayday call but shortly after its skipper reported it was taking on water, authorities said today.

• Family Finds 300-Year-Old Sunken Treasure Off Florida's East Coast

  A Florida family scavenging for sunken treasure on a shipwreck has found the missing piece of a 300-year-old gold filigree necklace sacred to Spanish priests, officials said on Tuesday.

• Powerful Earthquake Strikes Near Remote South Atlantic Islands

  A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the far south Atlantic ocean near the mostly uninhabited South Sandwich Islands region, the US Geological Survey said Sunday.

• Tourism-Dependent Barbados Struggling to Clear Seaweed Surge

  The slimy brown stuff is washing ashore at beaches from Barbados' north to south coasts. The government said on Tuesday it is welcoming assistance from schools and community groups to clear the seaweed.

• 11 dead in Chile fire, 5,000 evacuated

  At least eleven people have died in a huge fire in Chile's port city of Valparaiso famous for its UNESCO-listed historic center, officials said on Sunday.

• NATO expresses concern over Italian marines' case in India

  NATO warned India on Wednesday that using anti-terrorism legislation to try two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen would undermine international efforts to combat piracy.

• Powerful 7.0 magnitude quake strikes south Atlantic: USGS

  A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck in the south Atlantic ocean 314 kilometers (195 miles) southeast of Stanley, the main city on the Falkland Islands, the US Geological Survey said early Monday.