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Somali maritime police intensify patrols as fears grow of resurgence of piracy in the Gulf of Aden
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoSomalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a...
Suspected pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden raises concerns about growing Somali piracy
Associated Press via AOL· 1 week agoA European naval force detained six suspected pirates on Friday after they opened fire on an oil...
Pentagon says Somali pirates likely behind seizure of commercial ship near Yemen
ABC News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAttackers who seized a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden this weekend appear to have been Somali...
India brings back 35 Somali pirates as part of operations near Red Sea
Reuters via AOL· 2 months agoThe Indian navy handed over 35 Somali pirates to the police in Mumbai on Saturday, after 100 days of...
I worked as an engineer on merchant vessels and my ship was held hostage by pirates for 8 months. I...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoChirag Bahri worked as an engineer on merchant vessels like tankers, bulk carriers, and offshore...
Pirates hijack huge cargo ship in Indian Ocean and redirect it towards Somalia
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA Bangladeshi cargo vessel has been hijacked by pirates in the Indian Ocean and around 23 people on...
Somali pirates free hijacked Bangladeshi vessel MV Abdullah after counting ransom
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSomali pirates freed hijacked ship MV Abdullah and its crew on Sunday after receiving a $5mn ransom....
We Might Have Just Seen the World's First Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attack
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 6 months agoFirst Ever Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attack?PH2 Carney, Peter J. - Wikimedia Commons U.S. Navy...
Somali pirates hijack Bangladeshi cargo ship, take more than 20 hostage
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Bangladeshi cargo ship "MV" Abdullah was hijacked Tuesday by Somali pirates on the way to port...
Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here's why
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, actions that the World Bank said cost the world economy US ...