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Somali pirates hijack Greek-owned chemical tanker

Somali pirates have hijacked a Greek-owned chemical tanker with 22 people on board in the Gulf of Aden and are taking ...

Madagascar government resigns in line with road map

Madagascar`s interim government has resigned, a move required under the terms of a political road map signed by the ...

Air China Opens Rotations Beijing-Phuket

-     Air China will introduce four weekly direct rotations with B757 airliner between Beijing and ...

New US 7th fleet commander visits Indonesia

The new US 7th Fleet commander, Vice Admiral Scott Swift, on Friday visited Indonesia`s National Defence Forces ...

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 ...

US dismisses Iranian long-range naval reach

The United States Wednesday treated an Iranian claim that it would send ships close to US waters with derision, saying ...

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 ...

Four missing after French boat found off Yemen

Four people were thought to have been kidnapped by pirates after international forces found a French yacht lying ...

Somali pirates release Greek-owned tanker: company

A tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean in October with 24 crew was released on Friday after a "long and ...

Yogyakarta`s Malioboro Enlivened With Art Festivals

Yogyakarta`s authorities are organizing various art festivals, carnivals, and cultural performances in Malioboro, the ...

Yogyakarta`s Malioboro enlivened with art festivals

Yogyakarta`s authorities are organizing various art festivals, carnivals, and cultural performances in Malioboro, the ...

Deaths of seafarers in Somali pirate attacks soar

The number of seafarers killed due to Somali piracy has escalated in the past four years, with 62 merchant sailors ...

Somali pirates free German ship after ransom paid

Somali pirates have freed a German-owned cargo ship, seized in April, after they received a ransom, a pirate and ...

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 ...