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.
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.
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.
ROME, Oct. 22 (UPI) -- An Italian-led NATO task force is sailing to the Somali coast to help fight pirates holding sway in African waters, military sources said.
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.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- The Dutch government said Tuesday it is sending another ship to the coast of Somalia, where pirates have seized more than two dozen vessels this year.
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, April 5 (UPI) -- Pirates boarded a French yacht off the coast of Somalia and took 30 crew members hostage, authorities said Saturday.
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.
