A Russian court sentenced six men involved in a rare case of European piracy to 7 to 12 years in prison on Thursday for their roles in the hijacking of a cargo ship off the coast of Sweden in July 2009.
Looking forward to life after oil, the emirate is placing a strong emphasis on the development of leisure and tourism.
The northern region of Puntland has suspended a deal with the South African mercenary firm Saracen International to train an antipiracy force, two government officials said Thursday.
Five Somali men convicted of piracy for attacking a United States Navy ship off Africa were sentenced Monday to life in prison.
The Indian Navy said it had arrested 61 pirates and rescued 13 crew members some 700 miles off the western coast.
Indian naval patrols captured 61 suspected Somali pirates and rescued 13 crew from a hijacked fishing vessel after a crossfire in the Arabian Sea over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
An attempt by armed forces from the semiautonomous region of Puntland to free a Danish family from a [tag]pirate[/tag] gang failed Thursday.
Fourteen suspected pirates appeared Thursday in federal court in Virginia, about 7,000 miles from where they were captured for their alleged role in the February hijacking of a yacht that led to the deaths of four Americans.
Pirates targeted the Maersk Alabama, the ship seized in a dramatic operation in the Indian Ocean waters two years ago.
The Danish government said pirates in the Arabian Sea captured the yacht in the first reported attack on a small pleasure vessel since four Americans were killed by their [tag]pirate[/tag] captors last week.