#somali pirates

Collection of somali pirates news, found 22 news.

Court sentences Somali pirates to 5-10 years in jail

The Court of First Instance in Hadramout governorate sentenced Monday 17 Somali to 5 to 10 years in jail after being ...

Somali pirates release Panama-flagged ship amid ransom reports

Somali pirates have released a Panama-flagged vessel they seized two months ago allowing it to continue on its way to ...

Somali pirates hijack Iran cargo ship in Maldives

Somali pirates seized an Iranian-owned cargo ship and its 23-strong crew in the first hijacking within Maldivian ...

Somali pirates release greek-owned ship

Somali pirates have released a Greek owned bulk carrier with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden, about 490 nautical ...

More aggressive action on pirates, EU

European Union states on Friday called for "more robust" action from the international fleet in the Indian Ocean to ...

Pirates say holding British hostage in central Somalia

A British woman, who was kidnapped in Kenya after her husband was killed, is in the hands of Somali pirates in the ...

Somali pirates free Kuwaiti oil tanker

Somali pirates say they freed a UAE-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned oil tanker after a $12-million ransom was paid.The 105,846 ...

Lee praises navy commandos for daring rescue operation against Somali pirates

President Lee Myung-bak praised a contingent of Navy commandos Monday for their daring raid early this year to free a ...

Hijacked Taiwan skipper killed in crossfire with US

The captain of a hijacked Taiwanese fishing boast was killed in crossfire between the US Navy and Somali pirates, the ...

Somali pirates still make no demands for release of Mt Gemini

Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the Somali pirates who have also hijacked MT Gemini, a Singaporean commercial ...

President keeps silent over MV Sinar Kudus

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono admitted he had kept silent to support the operations to free MV Sinar Kudus and ...

President proud of task force`s success in rescuing sailors

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he was proud of the military task force`s success in rescuing the crew of MV ...

President receives ship liberation task force

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received the task force which had liberated MV Sinar Kudus from Somali pirates who ...

ASEAN optimistic it can tackle piracy

ASEAN is optimistic that it will be able to tackle the piracy problem in the region by intensifying security and ...

Indonesian ship hijacked off Somalia coast

Somali pirates hijacked a ship owned by PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk (SMOR) off Somalia`s coast while it was on its way ...