A U.S. Navy strike group has been spotted in the Caribbean, escalating tensions with Venezuela over alleged drug trafficking.

ROME (Reuters) -Italian unions called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the international aid flotilla for Gaza, while protests sprang up in a number of cities late on Wednesday after reports that the ships had been intercepted by military personnel.

Worried three of its prize vessels would fall part, Norway's Viking Ship Museum is moving a trio of millennia-old ships to a new home — but it won't be easy.

The operations come amid rising tensions between Taiwan and China, which claims the island democracy as its territory. Beijing has stepped up coast guard patrols near the Taiwan-held Kinmen islands off its coast since last year, a hot spot for disputes in the Taiwan Strait.

Five U.S. unions are calling on lawmakers to pass legislation that would help secure long-term funding to revive domestic shipbuilding, an effort championed by President Donald Trump and boosted by new port fees on Chinese ships.

Sailings on the Norwegian Getaway and Norwegian Joy were also canceled due to port availability. Norwegian Cruise Line canceled months of cruises impacting four ships.

Norwegian Cruise Line has cancelled more than 50 sailings on four different ships for deployment changes and itinerary modifications.

The Aerial Lift Bridge has been granting safe passage for so long that it's become part of the city's skyline. It's evolved over the years, but many of its original parts are still intact.

Nigel Edge, the suspected gunman in a mass shooting that killed three at a North Carolina bar, was caught on video outside the same bar the night before the attack

“Norovirus is also known as the cruise ship virus because of its frequent outbreaks on cruise ships and military bases — and it's circulating everywhere,” Dr. Craig Wilen, associate professor at the Yale School of Medicine, previously told Yahoo. “We have no drugs or vaccines for it, so it's a major public health burden.”