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Negotiations for the ship’s release were led by Meherul Karim, chief executive of its owners KSRM. “The pirates called us when they reached near the Somalia coast” and one of them spoke ...

Somali pirates released the hijacked ship MV Abdullah on Sunday after its Bangladeshi owners reportedly paid a $5 million (€4.7 million) ransom. Meherul Karim, ...

The seizure came amid a surge in Somali pirate activity, with international naval forces diverted from the Gulf of Aden into the Red Sea to guard against attacks on shipping by Yemen's Iran-backed ...

Negotiations for the ship's release were led by Meherul Karim, CEO of its owners KSRM. "The pirates called us when they reached near the Somalia coast" and one of them spoke English, he told ...