ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's political leaders will meet next week to break the deadlock over the make-up of a unity government called for ...
The captain of a chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates this week off the Seychelles with 28 North Koreans on board has died ...
Somali pirates have released a Spanish tuna trawler and its crew of 36 which they seized over a month ago in the Indian Ocean, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Tuesday. "I can confirm that the Alakrana fishing trawler is ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates on Tuesday freed a Spanish tuna fishing boat hijacked last month and one of the gang said a $3.5 million ransom had been paid for the vessel and its crew. The release of the Alakrana, seized along ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Two Somalis suspected of being part of a pirate gang which hijacked a Spanish fishing boat and its crew in the Indian Ocean could be tried in Spain within a month, judicial sources said Monday. Judge Santiago Pedraz charged ...
Spain wants EU naval forces to blockade three Somali ports used to launch pirate attacks against ships in the Indian Ocean, Defence Minister Carme Chacon said Wednesday. She said Spain will call on European Union foreign and defence ministers to concentrate military ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a Greek cargo ship and a Yemeni fishing boat in the latest attacks demonstrating their ability to evade international naval forces, gunmen and officials said Wednesday. Patrols by a multinational naval force in the strategic shipping ...
Somali pirates on Wednesday captured a Greek cargo ship with its 24 crew members off the Seychelles, an Indian Ocean nation off which the hijackers have ramped up attacks in recent weeks. The Filitsa was seized while on its way to South ...
World powers including the U.S., Russia and China are teaming up at sea to tackle the pirates plaguing Somalia's lawless coast, as a sharp increase in attacks has forced nations who may be rivals on land to make unlikely alliances. Analysts say ...
Pirates on Wednesday captured a Greek cargo ship off the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles while it was on its way to South Africa from Kuwait, a Kenyan maritime official told AFP. The Filitsa is the latest vessel to be seized ...
Pirates attacked on Tuesday a Danish-flagged container ship a day after a foiled long-range attack on an oil tanker in the same area deep into the Indian Ocean, the EU naval mission said. "Pirates fired automatic weapons on MV Nelle Maersk but ...
Somali pirates have launched their deepest attack into the Indian Ocean, firing rocket propelled grenades at a Hong Kong-flagged oil tanker, the European Union anti-piracy mission said Monday. The tanker, the BW Lion, managed to escape the attackers and suffered no casualties ...
