A teenage boy dies after getting into difficulty in the River Thames at Oxford.

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Teenager drowns in River Thames

A man accused of halting the University Boat Race by swimming in the River Thames denies a charge of causing a public nuisance.

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Man denies boat race swim charge

Seven sailors are missing after an Argentine ship and a Paraguayan vessel collide on the River Parana.

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Argentina river cargo ship sinks

About 40 people are searching the River Bann near Kilrea in County Londonderry after reports that a man was seen jumping into the water.

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River Bann search for missing man

HMS Ocean, on deployment in the Thames as part of the Olympic security preparations, had a close encounter with the Thames Barrier as it made its way up the river.

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VIDEO: HMS Ocean squeezes up Thames

An eight-year-old boy falls into the River Wear in County Durham, prompting a major search operation involving the RAF and mountain rescue.

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River hunt for missing boy, eight

A 41-year-old IT expert is in a critical condition after he was stabbed in an apparently unprovoked attack close to the River Thames.

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IT expert stabbed close to Thames

For decades the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has eluded well-intentioned peacemakers. Diplomats have talked, shaken hands, snapped photos — and returned home from summits with strikingly little to show for their efforts. Meanwhile, the occupation of Palestinian territories grew more restrictive. Israel’s settlements developed into towns and small cities as Palestinians were penned into smaller and smaller spaces. While diplomats shuffled from Madrid to Oslo to Wye River, from Camp David to Taba to Annapolis and resort towns in between, the illegal settlements expanded. And the window for two states closed. Read full article > >

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One state for Palestinians and Israelis

For decades the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has eluded well-intentioned peacemakers. Diplomats have talked, shaken hands, snapped photos — and returned home from summits with strikingly little to show for their efforts. Meanwhile, the occupation of Palestinian territories grew more restrictive. Israel’s settlements developed into towns and small cities as Palestinians were penned into smaller and smaller spaces. While diplomats shuffled from Madrid to Oslo to Wye River, from Camp David to Taba to Annapolis and resort towns in between, the illegal settlements expanded. And the window for two states closed. Read full article > >

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One state for Palestinians and Israelis

One of the top high school basketball teams in the country calls this industrial city of 50,000 on the banks of the Ohio River home. Huntington Prep has many of the trappings of other top high school basketball teams — a fancy Web site , international players, sponsorship by a major shoe brand. Read full article > >

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Huntington Prep’s after-school special: Basketball players attend classes at St. Joseph’s Central Catholic, then play for the Express

A rapid thaw brings chaos to the River Danube in Belgrade as large blocks of ice damage boats, pontoons and floating restaurants.

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Thaw brings Serbs river ice chaos

As President Obama stood at the podium in the Pentagon briefing room Thursday to outline the nation’s defense priorities, the military stood with him. Their primary audience was a few miles across the river — in Congress. Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose beloved army will face a significant troop reduction under Obama’s plan, was at the president’s side. Marine Corps commandant Gen. James F. Amos, whose service will also shrink, stood just behind him. And over Obama’s right shoulder loomed Gen. Ray Odierno, the former commander in Iraq who is now the army chief of staff. Read full article > >

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In creating new defense strategy, Obama attempts to outflank Congress

Sculptors from nine different countries are competing to carve art out of ice cut from the river at an annual festival in northern China.

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VIDEO: Ice sculpture made from river water

GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. — Under the murky waters of the York River, an eerie blur appeared suddenly on Edward Hogge’s sonar, near where his 40-foot deadrise boat sailed about a mile offshore on a cool December morning. Hogge made a hard right turn. “I’m going back to get it,” he said. He called out to his wife and first mate, Cheryl. “All right, honey, get your gloves on. Get ready!” When the boat stopped, she tossed a long rope lined with hooks overboard and yanked it. “It’s got something! It’s heavy,” Cheryl Hogge said. Read full article > >

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‘Ghosts’ haunt creatures on bay’s bottom

Rescuers are searching the waters of the River Tyne in Newcastle after reports that a man has jumped from the Tyne Bridge.

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Police search for bridge leap man