Tag: Gulf of Aden

Ancient piracy is typified not only by glamour and style, but also a military-like posture where targets are selected and ...

China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's expansion ...

Djibouti's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of occupying a disputed territory along their border shortly after Qatar peacekeepers left ...

An international naval coalition said Monday it will step up its presence near a strategic shipping lane off Yemen as ...

Thousands of Yemenis who back southern secession demonstrated in second city Aden on Sunday as a self-proclaimed autonomous body said ...

The government of war-ravaged Yemen on Friday rejected a self-proclaimed autonomous body in the formerly independent south whose formation is ...

A South Korean warship is heading for Somalia to hold an anti-piracy drill in waters off the country’s coast. The ...

The skiff of the pirates was set ablaze A Somali man has been sentenced to life in prison by a ...

Drought and famine seem to be fuelling a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia, the United States' top ...

Somali security forces have rescued an Indian cargo ship seized by pirates earlier this month, but the hijackers took nine ...

Somali security forces have liberated an Indian cargo ship from the pirates who hijacked it, but only two of the ...

The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali ...

Nineteen crew members have been freed from a ship captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Maritime officials ...

The navies of India and China carried out a joint operation Sunday to rescue a merchant ship hijacked by Somali ...

An Indian cargo ship seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia on Saturday (see earlier entries) has been located ...

Somali pirates have seized an Indian cargo ship and 11 crew members, the ship's owner said Monday, as a recent ...

Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker on Monday have released the ship and its eight Sri Lankan crew members. ...

Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker have released it without condition, according to officials. The announcement came hours after ...

The EU anti-piracy naval force pictured off the coast of Mogadishu in 2013 Somali pirates who hijacked an oil tanker ...

Somali pirates handed over on Thursday an oil tanker and eight Sri Lankan hostages just days after capturing the vessel, ...