South Yemenis clamor for secession from Yemen

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China prepping to send warships after pirates

" BEIJING, China (CNN) -- Two Chinese destroyers and a supply ship will set sail for the Gulf of Aden on Friday to protect Chinese merchant ships from an increasing number of pirate attacks in the waters off the...

Pirates attempt to hijack US cruise ship, fire 8 shots at MS Nautica

Pirates in the Gulf of Aden fired 8 shots on a cruise ship in a failed hijacking attempt Tuesday.  Pirates have been making headlines in recent months for hijacking oil tankers and other commercial...

Indian navy 'sank Thai trawler': Clarification sought

" The owner of a Thai fishing trawler has said the Indian navy sank it off Somalia's coast last week after wrongly assuming it was a pirate "mother ship". Wicharn Sirichaiekawat said the Indian frigate had attacked the Ekawat Nava 5 while it was being hijacked by pirates....

Super tanker crew safe

To dispel unsubstantiated rumours and comments, all are safe - the pirates are victims as well....Oh, another ship was taken today."Somali pirates have hijacked another vessel, a Yemen cargo ship, in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official said. Andrew Mwangura,...

Ship owners want military to stop Somali pirates

Making $150 million per year 5 crewmembers just relieved, the international tanker Association wants the military to control Somali coast . First time attention draws from Terrorists to Pirates. Or finance the...

Abducted Indian ship crew return

Five members of the Indian crew of a Japanese ship MV Stolt Valor,  who were taken hostage and released after ransom was paid to pirates,have arrived in India and the reamining of the Indian crew including...

India to chase pirates into Somali waters

Buoyed with its recent success in the Gulf Aden, the Indian Navy has been authorized for "hot pursuit" of pirates into Somali waters. Indian government has given navy permission to chase Somali pirates...

UN backs Indian Navy’s efforts to fight sea piracy

After Indian Navy's heroic act against Somalian Pirates, It has received praise from the UN for destroying a “mother vessel” engaged in piracy in the Gulf of Aden a day after pirates forced a hijacked oil...

Somali pirates strike again, Indian Navy sinks a pirate vessel off Somali coast

Even as discussions are on about the fate of world's largest supertanker the Saudi Sirius Star, Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden  had seized a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship carrying 36,000 tonnes of wheat...

Two pirates shot dead in Royal Navy swoop

Two Arab pirates have been killed by the Uk Navy after a pirate ship opened fire on the Royal Navy boats off the coast of Somalia. A Yemeni national was also injured."Crew from a Royal Navy warship shot dead two Arab pirates after they tried to hijack another vessel, it...

British and Russia warships repel pirates

A couple of days agao it was Indian Navy that repeled attacks from pirates off the cost of Somalia in the gulf of aden and today it was the turn of British and Russian Navy to get into action to save a danish vessel from the clutches of Pirates.CUrrently there are more than a...

France 'captures Somali pirates' - Live video + Eye witness report chem tanker

Finally a strike against pirates, would work for pirate bankers too. Live video Eye witness report "Pirates chem tanker" ================================================= Vlado :at 18:49 on October 19th, 2008 To...

India 'to guard Somalia waters'

"India 'to guard Somalia waters' Piracy is a lucrative business with huge ransoms demanded India says it will send warships to the Gulf of Aden...

Somali forces free pirate hostages

NATO, US, and Russian war ships cruised around Somalia " Somali forces on Tuesday freed the 11-man crew of a hijacked ship and captured the 10 pirates who seized the vessel last week, according to the foreign...

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