In a worrying escalation of maritime insecurity in the Gulf of Aden, Yemeni authorities reported on Saturday that armed men had seized an oil tanker off the southern coast of Yemen and were directing ...

ARMED to the teeth with AK-47s, Somali pirates are advancing with new tactics and “military” training as they expand their reign of terror, experts say. Holidaymakers enjoying cruises ...

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On the evening of April 26, the Egyptian merchant vessel Sward was hijacked by armed men a few miles off the Somali coast. It ...

A surge in Somali piracy is fueling fears of a Red Sea "security vacuum" across the region as analysts warn of a revived maritime crime playbook, now linked to Iran-backed Houthis. The warning follows ...

The lemon-laden Fahad-4, hijacked in late April, was used as a mothership to attack other ships.

According to the JMIC, which is run by a massive 47-nation coalition deployed in the northern Indian Ocean to fight the Horn of Africa's longtime pirate menace, the dhow was attacked about 10 nautical ...

With Somali piracy showing fresh signs of resurgence in the Western Indian Ocean, guided-missile destroyer INS Kolkata has ...