The picture in question showed the pirates kneeling down after they were captured on the vessel ... and rescued 19 Pakistani crew members from 11 Somali pirates, the Navy spokesperson had posted ...

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After seven-week hijack, Puntland locals say they are victims of foreign trawlers. But China calls the attack ‘vicious’.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Some of the one hundred convicted Somali pirates serving jail terms at the Shimo La Tewa ...

They also held some of the sailors they captured hostage as they demanded ... Security Council allowed warships to enter Somali territorial waters. Pirate attacks have now all but stopped, after ...

But the pirates suffered a reversal of fortunes when international navies began to patrol the seas off Somalia and these ... hit the jackpot when a vessel is captured so they can get their cut ...

Two Somali fishermen wearing big scarves over their heads to hide their faces glance around furtively as they walk into the room for a secret meeting to tell me why they have recently decided to ...

Korean ships sailing in international waters will have to build a safe place designed to protect their crew members from ...

Negotiations are in progress after Somali pirates raised their ransom demand to $10 million for the release of a Chinese-owned fishing vessel seized in late November Negotiations are in progress ...

When the fishing boat he was working on was captured by Somali pirates the whole crew was taken to Somalia. Despite living in desperate conditions and eating snakes and scorpions to survive ...