BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - The crews of two Egyptian fishing vessels have escaped from Somali pirates after overpowering their captors and killing two of them, an associate of the pirates said on Friday. The kidnappers had held the 34 fishermen ...
BOSSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy handed over the bodies of three Somali pirates on Thursday who were killed during the rescue of U.S. ship captain Richard Phillips. Commandos shot dead the three gunmen on April 12 and ended a five-day hostage ...
BOSASSO (Reuters) - U.S. forces handed over to authorities in northern Somalia Monday nine pirates they captured after capsizing their boats at sea, a local official said. The handcuffed men, paraded before reporters in the enclave of Puntland, are ...
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - French forces handed over eight pirates to Somali authorities Friday and a new get-tough approach by foreign navies thwarted more attacks in vital shipping lanes linking Europe to Asia. Rampant piracy off Somalia's coast ...
GAROWE, Somalia - Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship they seized last week after successful talks between regional authorities, local clan elders and the gunmen, a local official said on Wednesday. A surge in attacks at sea this year in the ...
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Somali security forces will storm a hijacked Yemeni cargo ship if the pirates holding it refuse to free it without a ransom, a minister in the semi-autonomous northern Puntland region said on Wednesday. Gunmen seized the MV ...
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - As dawn breaks over the Indian Ocean each morning, elders in Somali pirate bases sip strong coffee and clutch mobile phones to their ears, eager to hear the latest from the gunmen out at sea. Have any more ships been ...
The province is a terrible place to commute or travel on the highways, an examination... Get the daily headlines emailed to you every morning with the Vancouver Sun newsletter. BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - The French navy handed nine suspected pirates ...
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - A warship off pirate-ridden Somali waters captured 14 pirates and destroyed their boat, the fisheries minister for the northern Puntland region said on Sunday. "About 14 pirates came across a warship that we think could be ...
BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - Pirates from Somalia have hijacked two more ships, people linked to the vessels said on Friday, in the latest of a wave of attacks that have marked its waters as the most dangerous in the world. The owners of a Thai cargo ...
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