MOGADISHU, Somalia, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- European military officials say Somali pirates took over a Chinese merchant ship some 700 miles off the African coast Monday.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 8 (UPI) -- Somali pirates have seized a Turkish cargo ship with a crew of 23 aboard in the Gulf of Aden, its owners said Wednesday.
VICTORIA, Seychelles, May 2 (UPI) -- Somali pirates Saturday hijacked a British ship southwest of Seychelles, the Maritime Safety Center said.
MOGADISHU, Somalia, March 23 (UPI) -- Two boats of pirates fired upon a Japanese cargo ship off the Somali coast but no one was injured, the Japanese Transportation Ministry said.
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.
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.
