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As the ship neared the tanker, El Haroun was given a megaphone. He saw the Somali pirates in a small wooden boat and delivered the commands in Arabic. “You’re hearing the U.S. Navy,” he said.

Indian Naval ships Sumedha and Trishul intercepted and freed a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel (FV), Al-Kambar, off Somalia after forcing the pirates to surrender, the Navy said late on March 29.

It was on April 8, 2009, that MV Maersk Alabama was hijacked by the pirates off the coast of Somalia. This incident drew attention to the problem of piracy, often considered to be a thing of the past.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Navy Ship (PNS) ASLAT undertook counter-piracy patrols in the Arabian Sea, off the east coast of Somalia, in support of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151), which is currently ...

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MOGADISHU, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Two fishing vessels and a dhow were hijacked off the coast of Somalia between Feb. 7 and March 16, indicating that piracy in the region remains a threat, according to a ...

The drill comes amid rising maritime threats including piracy, arms trafficking, and narcotics smuggling, particularly in the Gulf of Aden and surrounding regions.

Two fishing vessels and a dhow were hijacked off the coast of Somalia between February 7 and March 16, indicating that piracy in the region remains a threat, according to a new report released ...