MOGADISHU, Somalia, April 29 (UPI) -- A Russian navy ship boarded a suspected Somali pirate vessel Tuesday night, detaining 29 alleged maritime marauders, a Russian Defense Ministry source said.
MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry expressed satisfaction Thursday with the deal that freed the crew and the Ukrainian Faina cargo ship seized by Somali pirates.
HAMBURG, Germany, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The German investment firm MBC waited Friday to find out how much ransom money Somali pirates want in order to release its hijacked natural gas tanker.
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.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have seized a Danish cargo ship with a largely Russian crew, maritime officials reported Sunday.
LONDON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Britain is holding talks with Somalia aimed at allowing Royal Navy warships to enter Somali territorial waters to fight Gulf of Aden pirates, sources say.
MOSCOW, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- The foreign minister of Russia has called for an international effort to halt pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa.
BARGAL, Somalia, June 4 (UPI) -- Somali pirates are asking more ransom money for the crew of a Dutch-owned vessel than the ship owner will pay.
BARGAL, Somalia, June 3 (UPI) -- Hijackers of a Dutch freighter off the coast of Somalia are threatening to kill the crew if rescuers storm the ship.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.N.-chartered MV Semlow, hijacked two months ago by Somali pirates, has returned to the the port of Elmaan north of Mogadishu.
