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. 3 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have released a Yemeni cargo ship without ransom after negotiating with local elders, a Somali official said Wednesday.
SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A cruise ship traveling off the coast of Yemen managed to outrun two boatloads of suspected pirates last weekend, a cruise official said Monday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A chemical tanker and its crew of primarily Indian nationals were under the control of Somali pirates Friday after a maritime hijacking, officials 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.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Pirates off the coast of Somalia have relinquished control of a Greek-owned oil tanker commandeered two months ago, officials said Saturday.
HARADHERE, Somalia, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Islamic militants and other factions are pouring into a lawless region of Somalia to grab shares of ransom being demanded by seaborne pirates, observers say.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A spokesman for an Islamist militant group says the group is preparing to attack pirates in Somalia in response to the hijacking of a Saudi-owned ship.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Somali pirates demanded $25 million in ransom for the hijacked Saudi-owned supertanker Sirius Star and set a 10-day deadline, authorities said Thursday.
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.
MOMBASA, Kenya, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A Saudi-owner oil tanker and its crew of 25 have been seized by pirates off the coast of Kenya, the U.S. Navy said Monday.
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.
KISMANYA, Somalia, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Authorities say Somali pirates armed with grenade launchers hijacked a Chinese fishing boat and are holding the 24 crew members hostage.
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.
