The crew members of a North Korean freighter regained control of their ship from pirates who hijacked the vessel off Somalia, but not without a deadly fight, the U.S. Navy reported Tuesday. When the ...

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

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The Indian Navy has consistently acted as a first responder and security provider, which is evident from operations such as the daring rescue of MV Ruen from Somali pirates by INS Kolkata and ...

A decade ago, Puntland’s beaches were the main operating base for Somalia’s pirates, who hijacked hundreds of ships in the Gulf of Aden. And today, the caves in Puntland’s remote inland mountains are ...

Somalia is progressing its policy reform agenda while leveraging the momentum created by the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Despite multiple climatic shocks and a complicated ...

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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.

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With the increase in illegal and overfishing in the Indian Ocean by western countries, which cost Somalia over $500 million annually, heightened narratives of “Somali piracy” and geopolitical ...

The town, located in Somalia’s autonomous northeastern region of Puntland, was one of numerous areas that soldiers from the regional government have taken back during Operation Hilaac ...

Kristjan Lautens is a staff reporter, working out of the Star’s radio room in Toronto. Reach him via email: [email protected] ...