Pirates hijack ship with 24 Indian crewmembers

At least 24 Indians were taken hostage by Somali pirates, who hjacked an Indian-managed and Panamanian-flagged ship near Seychelles on Thursday, officials said. The 22,000-tonne bulk carrier, MV Al......

Malaysian warship saves Indian tanker from pirates

Swift intervention by a Malaysian naval helicopter on Thursday saved an Indian vessel from a hijack bid by armed pirates dressed in military attire in the Gulf of Aden region, off Somalia."Heavily......

The sunken pirated vessel was a Thai trawler

A suspected pirate vessel that was destroyed by India's INS Tabar last week in the Gulf of Aden was in fact a Thai fishing trawler which had been hijacked, a maritime bureau confirmed today. Noel......

Somalia: 13 sailors rescued

Armed Somali men, helping out coast-guards in the African waters, have managed to free an Indian cargo ship with 13 sailors on board, after it was hijacked by pirates off the northern coast of......