BEIJING, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- A Sierra Leone cargo ship with 32 Chinese crew members on board outran four pirate boats in the Gulf of Aden Monday, Chinese officials in Beijing said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has deployed a Mobile Security Squadron to protect a replenishment oiler supporting the U.S. 5th Fleet in the volatile Gulf of Aden.
SANYA, China, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A new era of naval history has been launched with China sending warships outside its territorial waters for the first time in centuries, officials said.
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- A high seas chase in which a container ship outran pirates shows the hijackers are extending their reach further out from Somalia, mariners say.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A ship sunk by the Indian navy as a pirate vessel actually was a trawler out of Thailand, the boat's owner said Tuesday.
NEW DELHI, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- An Indian naval warship destroyed a pirate "mother vessel" in the Gulf of Aden off the Horn of Africa after a fierce battle, a spokesman said Wednesday.
MUMBAI, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Somali pirates released the Indian crew of the Japanese cargo ship MV Stolt Valor after holding them captive since Sept. 15.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A Russian frigate prevented the seizure of a vessel flying the Saudi flag from being taken over by pirates off Somalia's coast Sunday, a Russian official said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- A pirate ship was captured off the Somali coast by a British navy assault craft after it opened fire on the warship, officials said Thursday.
MOSCOW, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Russian warship is providing protection for a Danish vessel carrying a Russian crew through pirate-infested waters off Somalia, officials said.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Security forces from the semi-autonomous Somalia region of Puntland say they've stormed and captured a pirate-held ship in the Gulf of Aden.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A surge of maritime piracy in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia has alarmed shippers because of its sophistication and efficiency, officials say.
OTTAWA, June 4 (UPI) -- A Canadian military ship has reported foiling an attempted pirate hijacking of a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.
NEW DELHI, July 15 (UPI) -- The Indian navy plans exercises with its U.S., French and Russian counterparts over the next three months, the Indian Express newspaper reported Friday.
