A Hong Kong cargo ship loaded with wheat bound for Iran has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the official Xinhua agency said on Tuesday citing China's maritime search and rescue centre. There were 25 crew members on board,
A group of unidentified persons armed with grenade launchers and automatic weapons attacked a Chinese fishing boat off the coast of Kenya Thursday night, a regional maritime official said on Friday. Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the East
The pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian tanker off the coast of Somalia threatened to destroy the ship if no ransom is paid, a spokesman for the bandits said. The MV Faina is surrounded by U.S. warships, and a Russian frigate is
