The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel has been successfully boarded by Somali pirates. The navy said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the ...

The ship is flying under a Panamanian flag. Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast over the last year, reaping an estimated $1 million in ransom for each successful ...

But the Gulf of Aden and the waters near Somalia are significant new challenges for drilling operations. Bayraktar said ...

Somali pirates have released a Bangladesh-flagged ... where Yemen's Houthi rebel group have been attacking ships. Between 2005 and 2012, pirates off the Horn of Africa raked in between $339m ...

Indian navy commandos have rescued sailors on a ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia's coast on Thursday. A navy statement said all 21 crew members had been evacuated from the citadel - the vessel ...

These economic principles are vividly illustrated by several high-profile piracy incidents off the Somali coast. In 2008, the Ukrainian cargo ship MV Faina was hijacked, with pirates initially ...

Successful pirate attacks off the Somali coast fell sharply last year. Analysts say this is because of the increased use of private security guards on ships and better co-ordination between naval ...

was reportedly hijacked by Somali pirates in November. According to media reports, the pirates demanded $400,000 (Sh61.5 million) in ransom and threatened to use the Iranian ship for additional ...

Yellow Gate police presented a 4,000-page chargesheet against 35 Somali pirates who hijacked a Bulgarian vessel in December, demanding $60 million ransom. The Indian Navy captured the pirates in a ...

A regional maritime official confirmed on Wednesday that an international naval force rescued a Chinese ship from nine Somali pirates in the latest surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

New Delhi, March 16 (ANI): The Indian Navy once again displayed its heroics and intercepted a ship hijacked by Somali pirates. Navy shared a video of its encounter with Somali pirates who were ...