Nairobi - Somali pirates have freed a Pakistan-flagged vessel and its crew of 29 after using it to hijack a UK-owned car carrier in the Indian Ocean, a maritime watchdog reported on Tuesday. The ...

Somali pirates said Sunday they hijacked a Pakistan-origin ship (Not PNSC ship} even as France and the Seychelles nabbed 14 more suspects in the intensifying international hunt for high-seas bandits.

Until December, when the Maltese-flagged MV Ruen was seized, there head been no successful hijacking of a merchant ship by Somali pirates since 2017. India's navy has intervened in response to ...