The sailors captured by Nigerian pirates earlier ... Three crew members remaining on the ship managed to escape from the pirates and take the ship way. The senior mechanic, second mate and a ...

They added that the captured vessel opened fire on the warship and that as little force as possible was used to neutralise the threat posed by the pirates. READ MORE: Commercial ship 'is hijacked ...

Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and ...

MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. The pirates who boarded the container ship Tommi Ritscher in the Gulf of Guinea have left the vessel together with eight hostages, among whom there are three Russians ...

The ship had been hijacked by Somali pirates who were using it as a mother ship. The 40-hour operation led to the release of 17 sailors and capture of 35 pirates. [X, formerly Twitter] ...